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HUD's notice (2012-19) provides information and instructions on the funding process for tenant protection vouchers for certain at-risk households in low-vacancy areas, as provided for in the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012” (PL 112-55), referred to hereafter as “the 2012 Appropriations Act,” enacted on November 18, 2011.

Date of Publication:  March 19, 2012

View the notice here.

HUD recently issued its NOFA for the Performance-Based Contract Administrator Program for the Administration of Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contracts.  HUD’s estimated expense for the PBCA program is approximately $260 million for FY 2012.

Summary:  The FY 2011 appropriations law carried over from 2010 to 2011 the provision that HUD may add an additional three Moving-to-Work (MTW) agencies with the same eligibility criteria (listed below).  Additionally, because the Department filled only two of the three authorized slots made available pursuant to the 2010 Act, the Department will solicit applications for one remaining MTW agency authorized in 2010, and the three agencies authorized for 2011 under this notice. 

Summary:  HUD's notice (PIH Notice 2012-15) provides guidance on actions PHAs administering the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program may take to streamline administrative practices and reduce administrative costs.

Date of Publication:  February 27, 2012

View the notice here.

Summary:  HUD's notice (PIH Notice 2012-12) provides guidance on implementing the provision in HUD’s FFY 2012 Appropriations, P.L. 112-55, that limits the use of FFY 2012 Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Section 9 appropriations to pay salaries to public housing agency (PHA) employees.  This limitation applies to all PHA employees, including chief executive officers, other officials, and any other employees.

Summary:  HUD's notice (PIH Notice 2012-11) applies to PHAs that administer the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) and/or Project-Based Certificates/(PBC) and Five-Year Mainstream (MS5) programs. This notice does not cover the public housing program or the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation program.

Summary:  HUD's notice (PIH Notice 2012-10) explains the procedures public housing agencies (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 housing assistance programs and during mandatory reexamination of household income, as well as the procedures for effective use of EIV’s Identity Verification Report to reduce subsidy payment