Final Rule: Revision to the Section 8 Management Assessment Program Lease-Up Indicator

Summary:  HUD's final SEMAP rule amends existing regulations for the Section 8 Management Assessment program (SEMAP), by revising the process by which HUD measures and verifies performance under the SEMAP lease-up indicator. Specifically, HUD amends the existing regulation to reflect that assessment of a public housing agency’s (PHA) leasing indicator will be based on a calendar year cycle, rather than a fiscal year cycle, which would increase administrative efficiencies for PHAs.  This rule also clarifies that units assisted under the voucher homeownership option or occupied under a project-based housing assistance payments (HAP) contract are included in the assessment of PHA units leased.  HUD's final SEMAP rule takes effect on July 2, 2012.

Date of Publication:  May 31, 2011

View the rule here.

NAHRO will provide detailed coverage of HUD's final SEMAP rule in the June 15th issue of the Monitor.