PIH Notice 2011-50: Expansion of Project-Basing HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers

Summary: The purpose of this notice is to reinstate Notice PIH 2010-23 on the same subject with a significant revision in this section and the addition of section 2e. Section J of the Implementation of the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program (Operating Requirements) published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2008, stated that the Department will consider, on a case-by-case basis, requests from a public housing agency (PHA) to project-base HUD-VASH vouchers in accordance with 24 CFR part 983. This notice provides continued guidance to those PHAs that have been awarded HUD-VASH vouchers that are interested in project-basing a portion of those vouchers. Previously no more than 50 percent of a PHA’s allocation of HUD-VASH vouchers could be project-based. Please note that this limitation has been removed in order to provide PHAs with additional flexibility in administering their HUD-VASH program. However, the number of HUD-VASH project-based units must still be within the 20 percent maximum budget authority that may be allocated to project-based voucher (PBV) assistance in accordance with 24 CFR Section 983.5(a).

All types of PBV proposals will be considered: existing units, newly constructed units and substantially rehabilitated units.

Date of Publication:  September 16, 2011

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