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NAHRO staff, along with our industry partners, met yesterday with PIH Assistant Secretary Sandra Henriquez and nearly every member of PIH's senior leadership team to discuss issues related to the Department's proposal to imposed a $1 billion offset against public housing operating reserves for 2012.  The bulk of the meeting was spent discussing the Assistant Secretary's assertion, communicated through a February 22 letter to all PHA executive directors, that "Operating Reserve balances may only be used for Operating Fund

Summary:  This information is required by the grant application to assist the Department in selecting the Department in selecting the highest ranked applicants to receive funds under the Section 3 Program Implementation and Coordination NOFA. The information collected from quarterly and final progress reports will enable the Department to evaluate the performance of agencies that receive funding and determine the effectiveness of the funding for increasing the capacity of
recipient agencies to comply with the regulatory requirements of Section 3.

Summary:  HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for HUD’s FY2010 Section 202 NOFA. Approximately $371 million in capital advance funds, plus associated project rental assistance contract (PRAC) funds is made available through this NOFA, by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117, approved December 16, 2009).

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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

Passing along information regarding a few upcoming CPD web seminars aimed at CDBG grantees:

Publication Date: March 2, 2011

Note: See update at the bottom of this post.

Consider this a quick follow-up to last Thursday's Direct News item summarizing the administration's proposal to offset PHAs' operating reserves for 2012. 

NAHRO's comprehensive rundown of the administration's proposal to impose a $1 billion offset against PHAs' operating reserves for 2012 is now available online.  A few highlights, including our request for assistance: 

Publication Date:  February 24, 2011