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Publication Date:  January 12, 2011

Summary: HUD’s notice explains the procedures PHAs are required to use for verifying Social Security numbers, Social Security benefits of applicants, participants and household members at the time of application for rental assistance programs and during mandatory reexamination of household income, respectively. This Notice extends Notice PIH-2010-03(HA), same subject, for another year until January 31, 2012.

Publication Date: January 12, 2011

Summary:  The purpose of HUD’s notice is to provide guidance to PHAs when determining the rent to owner for an HCV tenancy when the participant family chooses to lease a unit under the HCV program in any of the following types of federally subsidized projects:

A number of NAHRO members have reached out to us in recent weeks to raise concerns regarding HUD's determination that PHAs and Redevelopment Authorities may not act as developers under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.  In response to these concerns, we authored a letter to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan requesting that he exercise the waiver authority provided for under both the Recovery Act and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 in order to

Full Title: Notice of Public Interest (NOPI) for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation Initiative: Homeless Families Demonstration Small Grant Research Program

Publication Date: January 5, 2011

Full Title: Notice of Availability: HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 NOFA for the Capital Fund Education and Community Facilities Program—Technical Correction and Extension of Deadline Date

Pubilcation Date:  1/13/2011

Welcome to NAHRO's new Policy Team Blog!  We hope you'll visit this page often to receive short, to-the-point updates on federal housing and community development programs. 

NAHRO members: Please feel free to ask questions and offer feedback by leaving comments.  For NAHRO's in-depth analysis of regulatory and legislative developments, members may also access NAHRO Direct News and the online version of the NAHRO Monitor.

Publication Date: December 30, 2010

Programs Covered:  Housing Choice Voucher Program

Cross References: Notice PIH 2008-20, PIH 2009-22

Full Title: PIH Notice 2010-50: Effective Use of the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System's Deceased Tenants Report.to Reduce Subsidy Payment & Administrative Errors

Publication Date: December 30, 2010

Covered Programs:  This Notice applies to the following HUD-PIH rental assistance programs: Public Housing, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation, Project-Based Voucher, Project-Based Certificate; and Housing Choice Voucher programs.

Publication Date: 1/10/2011

Publication Date: 1/5/2011