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Last Tuesday, February 7, the Insurance Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee marked up a discussion draft of the Affordable Housing and Self Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012 (AHSSIA). Formerly known as SESA, a major change in this piece of legislation will be the increase in MTW authority among PHAs. NAHRO has provided a detailed summary of the hearing here.

With drastic reductions in ongoing administrative fees, PHAs are challenged with both meeting voucher program requirements and budgeting operations.   Even PHAs with best practices are working through the challenges of operating voucher programs successfully in this funding environment.  On behalf of one of our PHA agency members, NAHRO sent a list of questions to our members signed up to NAHRO’s NetworkCentral – Section 8 http://www.nahro.org/email-list . 

The latest edition of the NAHRO Monitor is now available online. Be sure to check out HUD Publishes Guidance on Eligible Uses of Operating Fund and Voucher Program Information to Help PHAs Begin CY 2012.

On Monday, January 30, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced new regulations intended to ensure open public housing to all eligible persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Summary:  HUD’s notice explains the procedures PHAs are required to implement to deal with families with deceased household members. The implementation of the procedures outlined in this notice will ensure that PHAs successfully submit accurate data to HUD via the Public and Indian Housing Information Center (PIC) and that PHAs do not make subsidy overpayments on behalf of deceased single member households.

Summary:  The purpose of HUD's Notice is to remind PHAs of the regulatory provision regarding how the value of a home purchased under the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) homeownership option (24 CFR 982 Subpart M) is treated for the purpose of determining the family’s annual income. The rule (24 CFR 5.603(b) Net Family Assets. (4)) exempts the home purchased with voucher assistance from being counted as an asset for the first 10 years after the closing date. HUD issued the final rule on September 12, 2000.