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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 . 

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.

In mid-January 2012, HUD notified PHAs of the Department’s estimated ongoing administrative fee pro-ration at 75 percent for the calendar year, which will be applied to all PHAs equally.  However, because 2012 ongoing administrative fee rates have not been published yet, PHAs are hard pressed to estimate their annual ongoing fee revenues as well as corresponding cuts.   NAHRO is providing members with initial estimates of each PHA’s 2012 ongoing administrative fee rates, which are not intended to replace HUD's official pending FY 2012 fee rate publication, but rather t

On Friday, January 13, 2012, HUD’s Financial Management Division (FMD) sent an e-mail to PHAs titled, “Impact of Over-Leasing on Net Restricted Assets (NRA) Balances!”  HUD’s e-mail only pertains to PHAs that were over-leased in CY 2010 and/or CY 2011. 

Summary:  HUD's notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on July 1, 2011, and ending on September 30, 2011.

Date of Publication:  December 19, 2011

View the notice here.