HUD

HUD published a notice outlining a new sampling methodology to calculate utility allowances for several multifamily affordable housing programs. The notice standardizes the methodology used to calculate utility allowances across many HUD housing programs and bases the calculations on actual consumption.

NH&RA calls on its members to stop the Senate Appropriations Committee from slashing funding to the HOME program, join efforts to strength LIHTC, help preserve tax-exempt multifamily bonds, and advocate for the historic tax credit.

Despite this split incentive problem, HUD has considerable leverage to reduce utility costs in its portfolio, which can benefit both HUD and households receiving a rental subsidy. While certain changes to HUD’s utility scheme would require congressional action and are therefore outside of HUD’s direct power to change, HUD administrators could change regulations and guidance […]

Household energy consumption is crucial to national energy policy. This article analyzes how the rules covering utility costs in the four major federal housing assistance programs alter landlord and tenant incentives for energy efficiency investment and conservation. We conclude that, relative to market-rate housing, assistance programs provide less incentive to landlords and tenants for energy […]

This notice provides instruction to owners and management agents (O/As) for completing the utility analysis required at the time of the annual or special adjustment of contract rents and when a utility rate change results in a cumulative increase of 10 percent or more from the most recently approved utility allowance. A significant new development, […]

The House passed the FY-2016 Transportation-HUD spending bill on a vote of 216-210. The legislation includes funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, and other related agencies through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2016.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Ben Metcalf announced Thomas R. Davis as the new Director of the Office of Recapitalization within the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs at HUD.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is opening a public comment period on a proposed a rule that would use small area fair market rents (FMRs) in the Housing Choice Voucher Program instead of the current 50th percentile fair market rents. The public comment period ends July 2, 2015.

Increased competition for low income housing tax credits (LIHTC) is expanding the role qualified allocation plans (QAPs) plays in determining where developments are built, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This paper offers a snapshot of the resources devoted to promoting low-income multifamily housing energy efficiency retrofits; it describes many of the policies, public-private resources and partnerships influencing and funding the field in late 2014. Download

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will now release monthly updates on all active and closed Commitments to enter into a Housing Assistance Payment (CHAPs).

The U.S Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced changes to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program Resource Desk for 1st component awardees. These changes seek to better allow for the exchange of transaction documents and communications.