Regulations, Notices and NOFAs

Summary:  HUD’s Notice applies to all PHAs that administer the HCV program for families that live in, or wish to live in, assisted living facilities. 

Date Publication Issued:  September 28, 2012

View the notice here.

Summary:  HUD's Notice (PIH Notice 2012-39) provides instructions, eligibility, and selection criteria on the funding process for tenant protection vouchers for certain at-risk households in low-vacancy areas, as provided for in the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012” (PL 112-55), referred to hereafter as “the 2012 Appropriations Act,” enacted on November 18, 2011, and seeks public comment on these instructions and criteria. Following receipt and

Summary:  HUD's Notice (PIH Notice 2012-38) provides guidance to PHAs seeking Emergency Capital Needs funding for safety and security measures utilizing FY 2012 funds.

Summary:  When owner distributions of surplus cash are limited or prohibited and when HUD determines that project funds are more than the amount needed for project operations, reserve requirements, and any permitted distributions, the excess income is typically required under the applicable new regulation and/or the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract to which the project is subject to be deposited into an interest-bearing account, often called the Residual Receipts account, to be used for project purposes. 

Summary:  HUD issued PIH Notice 2012-16 Request for Applications under the Moving to Work Demonstration Program for Fiscal Year 2011 on February 27, 2012. Notice 2012-16 required prospective applicants to submit applications for the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration program by June 27, 2012.

Summary:  The purpose of HUD’s Notice (PIH NOtice 2012-34) is to provide guidance on the administration of a Public Housing Agency’s (PHA) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing (PH) waiting lists, on the topics of opening the waiting list, applicant selection, placing applicants on the waiting list, and outreach. HUD's notice does not provide guidance on all aspects of waiting list administration nor does it comprehensively address all waiting list requirements, such as fair housing requirements.

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

Summary:  HUD posted a list of qualified Housing Credit Agencies performing PBV's subsidy layering reviews (as of May 23, 2012)

View the list here.

Summary:  HUD's Notice reinstates Notice PIH 2010-51, which expired on December 31, 2011.  Procedures contained within PIH Notice 2010-51 remain in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded by subsequent HUD directive or guidance.

Publication Issuance Date:  August 8, 2012

Vie the notice here.

Summary:  HUD’s notice updates the list of federally mandated exclusions last published on April 20, 2001 (66 FR20318).  HUD's notice updates the list of federally mandated exclusions last published on April 20, 2001 (66 FR20318) to include the following:

(1) Assistance from the School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771);

(2) payments from the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 1774f);