HUD

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs published a Housing Notice titled Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) Supplemental – Notice A to add flexibility in both grant and supplemental loan funds, as well as other administrative changes, that will enhance owners’ and developers’ ability to leverage GRRP funds for energy efficiency and climate resilience upgrades and rehabilitation projects.

HUD recently issued PIH Notice 2024-01 providing guidance to PHAs regarding the Buy America Preference (BAP) requirement of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA).

HUD announced that it is awarding $173.9 million in new loans and grants under the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program’s (GRRP) Comprehensive and Elements categories.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), in partnership with HUD, recognizes developers, organizations, and agencies for their success in advancing the goals of historic preservation through the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in historic preservation.

HUD is extending the deadline for applications for wave three of the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) Elements cohort from January 4 to March 28, 2024.

HUD released its 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report: Part 1: Point-in-Time Estimates, which estimates the number of individuals in shelters, temporary housing and in unsheltered settings through Point-in-Time (PIT) counts.

A new Mortgagee Letter (2023-24) eliminates the ten percent assurance of completion to be added to the Escrow Agreement for Deferred Repairs for 223(f) projects with LIHTC

HUD is making its Energy and Water Benchmarking Service available for properties participating in its Multifamily project-based rental assistance programs.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published the operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs) for eligible multifamily housing properties with an anniversary date on or after Feb. 11, 2024.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs published a draft housing notice clarifying the circumstances under which HUD will approve a budget-based rent increase for projects subject to Low Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act (LIHPRHA) Use Agreements.

A new HUD Proposed Rule would require public housing agencies (PHA) with tenants in public housing and owners of properties participating in HUD Multifamily project-based rental assistance programs to provide their tenants with written notification at least 30 days prior to filing for eviction due to nonpayment of rent in court.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs and Office of Residential Care Facilities published a Housing Notice titled Required Use of Portfolio Manager for Green Mortgage Insurance Premium Compliance Reporting,