HUD has issued a notice which provides the Department’s responses to comments filed in response to a May 18, 2010, notice (75 FR 27808) announcing HUD’s intent to operate a small area FMR demonstration project in several metropolitan areas. The purpose of this demonstration project is to provide voucher holders with the opportunity to move to areas of greater opportunity. HUD Secretary Sean Donovan has emphasized the concept tenant “choice” as an administration priority in a number of new proposals including the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative and the Transformation Rental Assistance proposal. These comments provide new insight into the new both demonstration project as well as the administration’s view on how voucher portability might work in new HUD initiatives. Read More…