NAHRO Policy Team Blog

On August 15, 2012, the General Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report regarding HUD’s FY 2012 notice of funding availability (NOFA) rebid for the administration of Project-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) cooperative agreements, that sustained the protests of several agencies around the country.

A copy of GAO's report is available here.

Summary:  HUD’s Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audited the Department’s controls over the Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP).   HUD IG’s report titled, “The Section Eight Management Assessment Program Lacked Adequate Controls To Accomplish Its Objective” (Audit Report No. 2012-AT-0001) concluded that HUD had not developed adequate controls to ensure that SEMAP would be effective in identifying underperforming PHAs administering Section 8 voucher programs.

Summary:  HUD issued proposed Fair Market Rents (FMRs).  The proposed FY 2013 FMRs in HUD’s notice reflect several updates to the methodology used to calculate FMRs.  First, HUD has updated the bedroom ratios used to calculate 0, 1, 3 and 4 bedroom FMRs based on the 2 bedroom

FMR. The new bedroom ratios are constructed using 2006–2010 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data. The methodology for calculating the bedroom ratios is very similar to the method used when the bedroom ratios were based on 2000

In the mid-afternoon on Friday, February 17, 2012 HUD sent PHAs that administer Section 8 voucher programs, an e-mail with their 12/31/2011 Net Restricted Asset (NRA) balance reports for their final review.  If a PHA finds that the HUD calculated NRA balance differs from HUD’s calculated balance as of December 31, 2011 by more than an immaterial amount (e.g., 3%), they must contact their assigned Financial Analyst at the FMC within two business days of receiving HUD’s letter on February 17, 2012 to discuss it and resolve any problems. HUD set Thursday, F