Purpose: This Notice explains the procedures Public Housing Agencies (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 submit accurate data to HUD via the Public and Indian Housing Information Center (PIC) and that PHAs do not make subsidy overpayment s on behalf of deceased single member households. Where overpayments have been made, the PHA will recoup the overpayment from the landlord/owner of the rental property under the programs noted in Section 3 of this Notice, with the exception of the Public Housing program.
This notice makes the following changes:
Section 7 of this Notice modifies PIH-2010-09 to include reference to Notice PIH-2010-15, which outlines requirements for safeguarding personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers. Section 8 of this Notice modifies PIH-2010-09 to remove the requirement that the PHA notify the live-in aide to vacate the unit by the end of the month; and Section 15 of this Notice modifies PIH-2010-09 to clarify minimum and maximum time frames allotted for the removal of personal belongings from a public housing unit when the sole household member dies; to provide examples of how to correctly apply this guidance; and remind PHAs that they must comply with local and state tenant/landlord laws. Section 14 of this Notice modified PIH 2010-09 to remind PHAs of the timely PIC reporting requirement for updated forms HUD-50058 in accordance with Notice PIH-2010-25.
View PIH 2010-50 here.
