Regulations, Notices and NOFAs

Summary:  HUD’s proposed information collection requirement described  below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

HUD’s request is for the clearance of on-site and telephone data collection from public housing agencies (PHAs) in support of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Administrative Fee Study.

Summary:  Under existing law, HUD is required to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. HUD’s notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2012.

Date of Publication:  June 27, 2012

View the notice here.

Summary:  Listed below are a variety of Notices published in the Federal Register.  All of the notices have deadline response dates at various points.  HUD can make very significant changes to its existing information collection through HUD forms and surveys, that will affect PHAs and CD agencies positively or negatively. 

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring Program (Mark to

Summary:  HUD's guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) describes actions PHAs may take to assist persons with disabilities transitioning from institutions and persons at serious risk of institutionalization access PHA-assisted housing. This guidance supplements prior guidance in PIH Notice 2005-5 on community-based alternatives for individuals with disabilities.

Summary:  HUD's Notice (PIH Notice 2012-30) provides public housing agencies (PHAs) with instructions for the calculation of operating subsidy eligibility in Calendar Year (CY) 2013 in anticipation of Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2013 appropriations. It also informs PHAs that in an effort to reduce their reporting burdens HUD will use information in its systems of record to determine operating subsidy eligibility. HUD is committed to providing eligibility information to PHAs prior to the start of CY 2013.

Date of Publication:  June 22, 2012

Summary:  HUD's Notice (PIH Notice 2012-29) clarifies program policy related to the passbook savings rate used to determine annual income from net family assets. Under 24 CFR §5.609(b)(3), when determining annual income for families who apply for or receive assistance in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)

Summary:  HUD’s guidance (PIH Notice 2012-28) reiterates owners’ and agents’ (O/As) and Public Housing Agencies’ (PHAs) statutory- and regulatory-based responsibilities to prohibit admission to individuals subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program.

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