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Summary:  HUD issued proposed Fair Market Rents (FMRs).  The proposed FY 2013 FMRs in HUD’s notice reflect several updates to the methodology used to calculate FMRs.  First, HUD has updated the bedroom ratios used to calculate 0, 1, 3 and 4 bedroom FMRs based on the 2 bedroom

Summary:  HUD posted a list of qualified Housing Credit Agencies performing PBV's subsidy layering reviews (as of May 23, 2012)

View the list here.

Summary:  HUD’s Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audited the Department’s controls over the Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP).   HUD IG’s report titled, “The Section Eight Management Assessment Program Lacked Adequate Controls To Accomplish Its Objective” (Audit Report No. 2012-AT-0001) concluded that HUD had not developed adequate controls to ensure that SEMAP would be effective in identifying underperforming PHAs administering Section 8 voucher programs.

Summary:  HUD issued proposed Fair Market Rents (FMRs).  The proposed FY 2013 FMRs in HUD’s notice reflect several updates to the methodology used to calculate FMRs.  First, HUD has updated the bedroom ratios used to calculate 0, 1, 3 and 4 bedroom FMRs based on the 2 bedroom

FMR. The new bedroom ratios are constructed using 2006–2010 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data. The methodology for calculating the bedroom ratios is very similar to the method used when the bedroom ratios were based on 2000

Summary:  HUD's Notice reinstates Notice PIH 2010-51, which expired on December 31, 2011.  Procedures contained within PIH Notice 2010-51 remain in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded by subsequent HUD directive or guidance.

Publication Issuance Date:  August 8, 2012

Vie the notice here.

Summary:  HUD’s notice updates the list of federally mandated exclusions last published on April 20, 2001 (66 FR20318).  HUD's notice updates the list of federally mandated exclusions last published on April 20, 2001 (66 FR20318) to include the following:

(1) Assistance from the School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771);

(2) payments from the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 1774f);

Summary:  HUD’s proposed information collection requirement described  below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

HUD’s request is for the clearance of on-site and telephone data collection from public housing agencies (PHAs) in support of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Administrative Fee Study.

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:

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring Program (Mark to

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.