Summary: Under existing law, HUD is required to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. HUD’s notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2012.
Date of Publication: June 27, 2012
View the notice here.
Summary: Listed below are a variety of Notices published in the Federal Register. All of the notices have deadline response dates at various points. HUD can make very significant changes to its existing information collection through HUD forms and surveys, that will affect PHAs and CD agencies positively or negatively.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Summary: HUD's guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) describes actions PHAs may take to assist persons with disabilities transitioning from institutions and persons at serious risk of institutionalization access PHA-assisted housing. This guidance supplements prior guidance in PIH Notice 2005-5 on community-based alternatives for individuals with disabilities.
Date of Publication: June 29, 2012
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Summary: HUD's Notice (PIH Notice 2012-30) provides public housing agencies (PHAs) with instructions for the calculation of operating subsidy eligibility in Calendar Year (CY) 2013 in anticipation of Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2013 appropriations. It also informs PHAs that in an effort to reduce their reporting burdens HUD will use information in its systems of record to determine operating subsidy eligibility. HUD is committed to providing eligibility information to PHAs prior to the start of CY 2013.
Date of Publication: June 22, 2012
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Summary: HUD's Notice (PIH Notice 2012-29) clarifies program policy related to the passbook savings rate used to determine annual income from net family assets. Under 24 CFR §5.609(b)(3), when determining annual income for families who apply for or receive assistance in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
and public housing programs, a public housing agency (PHA) includes in annual income the greater of either: (1) actual income resulting from all net family assets; or (2) a percentage of the value of such assets based upon the current passbook savings rate as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) when a family has net assets in excess of $5000. This Notice also minimizes the administrative burden on Field Offices and PHAs in
conducting a survey of local banks, by relying on a rate that is publicly available and based upon recent market data.
HUD's Notice applies to all PHAs and localities that operate a HCV program, public housing program, or Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation program. Moving-To-Work (MTW) agencies, to the extent they have established an alternate policy in their MTW plan, are excluded from the provisions of this Notice.
Date of Publication: June 21, 2012
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Summary: HUD’s guidance (PIH Notice 2012-28) reiterates owners’ and agents’ (O/As) and Public Housing Agencies’ (PHAs) statutory- and regulatory-based responsibilities to prohibit admission to individuals subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. If a participant who is subject to such a lifetime registration requirement was erroneously admitted into a federal housing program identified under Section II, below, and is found to be receiving housing assistance, O/As and PHAs must pursue eviction or termination of assistance for these participants. In addition, this Notice clarifies regulations concerning admissions and strongly recommends additional steps to prevent individuals subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program from receiving federal housing assistance.
Screening requirements for state registered lifetime sex offenders apply to O/As and PHAs administering the following rental assistance programs:
Date of Publication: June 11, 2012
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Summary: HUD's notice (PIH Notice 2012-26) provides Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) with administrative guidance related to the mandated use of HUD’s EIV system, as required in accordance with the new HUD regulation, 24 CFR §5.233, as issued in the Final Rule: Refinement of Income and Rent Determinations in Public and Assisted Housing Programs: Implementation of the Enterprise Income Verification System-Amendments, effective January 31, 2010, as published in the Federal Register (FR) at 74 FR 68924, on December 29, 2009. This notice extends notice PIH-2010-19(HA), which was extended under notice PIH-2011-25, same subject, for another year until May 31, 2013.
Date of Publication: June 1, 2012
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Summary: HUD's notice is a reissuance of PIH Notice 2009-21 which strongly encourages Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to implement smoke-free policies in some or all of their public housing units. According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease in the United States. The elderly and young populations, as well as people with chronic illnesses, are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of smoking. This concern was addressed by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, P.L. 111-31, signed by the President on June 22, 2009. It is possible for Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) to migrate between units in multifamily housing, causing respiratory illness, heart disease, cancer, and other adverse health effects for those living in neighboring residences. Therefore the Department is encouraging PHAs to adopt smoke-free policies. By reducing the public health risks associated with tobacco use, this notice will enhance the effectiveness of the Department’s efforts to provide increased public health protection for residents of public housing. The Department is currently developing additional guidance to assist PHAs with the consideration and adoption of smoke-free policies.
Date of Publication: May 29, 2012
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Summary: HUD's final SEMAP rule amends existing regulations for the Section 8 Management Assessment program (SEMAP), by revising the process by which HUD measures and verifies performance under the SEMAP lease-up indicator. Specifically, HUD amends the existing regulation to reflect that assessment of a public housing agency’s (PHA) leasing indicator will be based on a calendar year cycle, rather than a fiscal year cycle, which would increase administrative efficiencies for PHAs. This rule also clarifies that units assisted under the voucher homeownership option or occupied under a project-based housing assistance payments (HAP) contract are included in the assessment of PHA units leased. HUD's final SEMAP rule takes effect on July 2, 2012.
Date of Publication: May 31, 2011
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NAHRO will provide detailed coverage of HUD's final SEMAP rule in the June 15th issue of the Monitor.
