HUD has issued a new notice establishing policies and procedures for the administration of the tenant-based Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance under the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program administered by public housing agencies (PHAs) that partner with local Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. This notice provides new and clarifying guidance regarding certain types of verification documentation, addition of family members after the veteran is a participant in the HCV program, termination of assistance, portability moves within the same catchment area where both PHAs have received HUD-VASH vouchers, portability moves when case management is no longer required, reallocation of HUD-VASH vouchers, and Housing Quality Standards (HQS) initial inspections. The notice also continues to enshrine the ability to project-base HUD-VASH vouchers on a case-by-case basis. Effective date: March 23, 2012.

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