Publication Date: March 8, 2011
Summary: HUD's notice requests public comment regarding the manner in which HUD calculates the trend factor used in the Fair Market Rent (FMR) estimates to meet the statutory requirement that FMRs be ‘‘trended so the rentals will be current for the year to which they apply’’. HUD provides several proposed alternatives to the current trend factor and requests comments on these alternatives as well as suggestions of other ideas.
Comment Due Date: April 8, 2011
Publication Date: March 2, 2011
Summary: In accordance with Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ HUD is reviewing its existing regulations to evaluate their continued effectiveness in addressing circumstances for which the regulations were promulgated. As part of this review, HUD invites public comments to assist in the development of a plan for periodically analyzing existing significant regulations to determine whether they should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed. HUD also seeks comment to identify specific current regulations that may be outdated, ineffective, or excessively burdensome. The purpose of this regulatory review is to make the Department’s regulations more effective and less burdensome in achieving HUD’s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities, and quality affordable homes for all.
Comment Due Date: May 2, 2011.
View the Request for Information here.
Publication Date: February 24, 2011
Summary: This Notice provides guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs) and others on how to manage compliance with public housing requirements when undertaking a financing that is not secured by public housing assets. Specifically, PHAs may not provide recourse to public housing assets as defined herein to their lender or financier. The Notice provides for certain requirements when pursuing a financing that is not secured by public housing assets, and states guidelines for what HUD requires for those financings, as well as what HUD specifically does not require of the PHAs. To help maintain compliance with public housing requirements, PHAs should review and follow the guidelines provided in this Notice.
View the notice here.
Publication Date: February 23, 2011
Summary: The changes implemented by this interim rule are intended to enhance the efficiency and utility of HUD’s Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). The interim rule makes 2 sets of amendments to improve evaluation and oversight of the Public Housing Program. First, it amends the PHAS regulations for the purposes of: consolidating the regulations governing assessment of public housing in one part of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); revising certain PHAS regulations based on HUD’s experience with PHAS since it was established as the new system for evaluating a public housing agency (PHA) in 1998; and updating certain PHAS procedures to reflect recent changes in public housing operations from conversion by PHAs to asset management. Second, this interim rule establishes new regulations that specify the actions or inactions by which a PHA can be determined to be in substantial default, the procedures for a PHA to respond to such a determination or finding, and the sanctions available to HUD to address and remedy substantial default by a PHA.
Comment Due Date: April 25, 2011.
View the proposed rule as published in the Federal Register here.
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
Cross References: 24 CFR Parts 901, 902, and 907
Summary: This notice provides public housing agencies (PHAs) with instructions for the implementation of the PHAS Interim Rule, which will be published February 23, 2011. PHAs with FYE December 31, 2010 will be scored in accordance with existing Transition Year Two Extended guidance. PHAs will be required to submit their management operations certification, unless they submit a waiver request within 30 days of the publication of this notice. PHAs with FYE March 31, 2011 and forward will be assessed in accordance with the Interim Rule.
View the notice here.
Publication Date: February 17, 2011
Cross References: PIH Notice 2009-31, Section 1605 of Title XVI of Pub. L. 111-5, 2 CFR part 176, 24 CFR parts 85, 905, 941 and 968
Summary: This notice reissues Notice 2009-31, which provides implementation guidance, including the process for applying exceptions, for the Buy American requirement imposed by section 1605 of Title XVI of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) (the Recovery Act) for the Public Housing Capital Fund Recovery Formula and Competition (CFRFC) Grant Programs within the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH). This notice is referred to as PIH Implementation Guidance for the Buy American Requirement.
View the notice here.
Publication Date: February 18, 2011
Summary: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD.
Publication Date: February 11, 2011
Cross References: PIH Notice 2003-17 and PIH 2009-48
Summary: This notice extends for another year Notice PIH 2009-48, same subject, which expired on November 25, 2010. As required by 24 CFR Subpart F, 960.600, every adult resident of public housing must contribute eight hours of community service each month, or participate in an economic self-sufficiency program for eight hours each month.
View the notice here.
Publication Date: February 11, 2011
Summary: This notice updates annual instructions to public housing agencies (PHAs) and field offices for appeals pursuant to 24 CFR Part 990, the Public Housing Operating Fund Program, Subpart G, for calendar year (CY) 2011.
View the notice here.
Publication Date: February 7, 2011
Summary: This proposed rule combines and streamlines the former legacy public housing modernization programs, including the Comprehensive Grant Program (CGP), the Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program (CIAP), and the Public Housing Development Program (which encompasses mixed-finance development), into the Capital Fund Program (CFP). This rule proposes a change to the Public Housing Agency Annual Plan regulation to incorporate the definition of qualified public housing agencies (PHAs), which was mandated by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008, and to decouple or separate the CFP informational requirements from the PHA Annual Plan requirements. Also proposed is the ability for PHAs to request a total development cost (TDC) exception for integrated utility management, capital planning, and other capital and management activities that maximize energy conservation and efficiency, including green construction and retrofits, which include windows; heating system replacements; wall insulation; site-based generation; advanced energy savings technologies, including renewable energy generation; and other such retrofits. The structure of the proposed Public Housing Capital Fund Program regulation is described in section IV of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Several regulations would be eliminated with the implementation of this rule, along with the issuance of new and/or revised CFP forms, including the CFP Annual Statement/Performance and Evaluation Report (form HUD–50075.1), CFP 5-Year Action Plan (form HUD– 50075.2), and the CFP Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) Amendment, as well as a new guidebook.
Comment Due Date: April 8, 2011.
View the proposed rule as published in the Federal Register here.
