Regulations, Notices and NOFAs

Date Published:  February 1, 2011

Close Date:   March 24, 2011

Summary: HUD announces the availability on its website of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for the HUD’s FY 2010 Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing NOFA.   The Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing program allows multifamily housing owners to assist elderly individuals and nonelderly people with disabilities living in HUD-assisted housing and in the surrounding area to obtain needed supportive services from the community, to enable them to continue living as independently as possible in their homes.   $90 million in fiscal year 2010 funds have been appropriated for the Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing program. Of these funds, approximately $31 million are available in this NOFA for funding new Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing programs. Eligible applicants are owners of eligible multifamily assisted housing, as defined in Section III.A.2 of this NOFA may apply.  In any jurisdiction or neighborhood that receives funding, for either the same geographic area or the same population, HUD encourages coordination among programs, where appropriate. This will enable grant recipients to leverage shared resources, avoid duplication of services, and improve access and service delivery for participating families. These programs include Resident Opportunity for Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinators, Public Housing Family Self-Sufficiency, Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency, HOPE VI Revitalization, Choice Neighborhoods, Elderly/Disabled Service Coordinators, HUD-VASH, Family Unification Vouchers, Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing, Continuum of Care, and/or other special use housing assistance with services or service coordination.

View this NOFA here.

Publication Date:  January 28, 2011

Cross References:  PIH Notice 2010-2(HA), PIH Notice 2010-6(HA), PIH Notice 2010-25(HA)

Summary:  This notice provides guidance to ensure that information submitted and maintained by PHAs in the Inventory Management System/PIH Information Center (IMS/PIC) Development Sub-Module is accurate, timely, and reliable. The Development Sub-Module collects and displays information about PHA developments, buildings, and units. Information entered by PHAs into the Development Sub-Module affects PHA funding, performance scores, and portfolio management; therefore, it must be accurate.

The notice provides detailed information on unit tenant status categories, including: 1) an overview of the Categories and Sub-Categories; 2) updates to the unit status reporting notice that was published in 2010 (PIH Notice 2010-6); 3) instructions for obtaining a HUD-user approval in IMS/PIC; 4) a description of the contents and time-limits of Field Office Approval Letters; and 5) a detailed description of each Unit Tenant Status Category and Sub-Category.

View the notice here.

Publication Date: January 24, 2011

Summary: As the Nation’s housing agency, HUD administers programs designed to meet the goal of ensuring decent housing and suitable living environment for all. In pursuit of this goal, it is HUD’s responsibility to ensure that all who are otherwise eligible to participate in HUD’s programs have equal access to these programs and have the opportunity to compete fairly for HUD funds without being subject to arbitrary exclusion. There is evidence, however, that lesbian, gay,  bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals and families are being arbitrarily excluded from some housing opportunities in the private sector. Through this  proposed rule, HUD strives to ensure that its core programs are open to all eligible individuals and families regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Comment Due Date: March 25, 2011.

View the proposed rule as published in the Federal Register here.

Publication Date:  January 19, 2011

Summary:  HUD's 18-page notice provides guidance on public housing agency (PHA) administrative responsibilities related to  family moves with continued assistance both within a PHA’s jurisdiction and portability moves.  In addition to reviewing the administrative responsibilities of the initial PHA and the receiving PHA for moves with continued assistance under portability, this Notice sets- forth additional requirements for PHAs who deny moves due to insufficient funding both within and outside the initial PHA’s  jurisdiction in accordance with 24 CFR 982.314(e)(1).  HUD's notice also:

• Sets forth the penalties that may be imposed on PHAs that deny family requests to move on the basis of 24 CFR 982.314(e)(1) if the conditions necessary to deny the move on the basis of insufficient funding do not exist.  
• Requires PHAs to notify HUD when it becomes necessary to deny families’ requests to move due to insufficient funding.
• Requires receiving PHAs to provide a notification by email or other confirmed delivery method to the initial PHA on its intent to bill or absorb before the family is approved for the portability move.
• Encourages PHAs to enlist the assistance of the local Area HUD Office in resolving billing related issues. 
• Outlines the steps an initial PHA who does not receive annual updates for families under billing arrangements should take in seeking assistance from their Area HUD Office as well as receiving PHAs who do not receive timely payments from initial PHAs.
• Updates the  latest portability guidance issued in HUD Notice PIH 2008-43 and supersedes that notice.

View the notice here.