Public Housing

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is seeking public comment and holding a series of roundtables to gather input from affordable housing stakeholders so TDHCA may develop a competitive application to HUD for the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) Demonstration Program.

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) Public Housing Division has announced it will no longer offer preferences on rental housing application. The largest driver affecting the change is a statewide economy that has more families in need of public housing for longer periods of time.

This summer, HUD will be issuing new requirements that will synchronize Physical Needs Assessments and Energy Audit into the Green Physical Needs Assessment (GPNA), and will require measuring the cost effectiveness of energy conservation measures.

HUD recently released Notice PIH 2012-24 to provide guidance to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in determining the rent to owner for an HCV tenancy when the participant family chooses to lease a unit under the HCV program.

The Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) released a report that commended the Senate Committee on Appropriations for a few of the policy proposals in its recently approved HUD appropriations bill for FY 2013. Most notably, the Senate Committee funded Housing Choice Vouchers at $17.5 billion, which is $250 million above the Obama Administration’s request for FY 2013.

Several agencies have released a notice indicating changes to the Fixed Residential Moving Cost Schedule (FRMCS). The FRMCS was developed as a result of the Uniform Relocation Act to assist with moving payments and related expenses for people who are displaced because of Federal or federally assisted projects.

NH&RA and its Legislative Leadership and HOPE VI/Mixed-Finance Committees were pleased to submit comments to HUD on its Rental Assistance Demonstration implementation strategy laid out in Notice PIH 2012-18.

The Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) has announced it will accept applications for Project-Based Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers on Monday, June 25, 2012.

HUD recently issued Notice PIH 12-20 which retracts a former notice, PIH Notice 12-19 titled “Implementation of Funding for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At- Risk Households in Low-Vacancy Areas”.

The Senate Appropriations Committee on April 19 approved the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 appropriations bill. The bill proposes to fund the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs at $46.16 billion, an increase of $1.4 billion above the President’s FY 2013 request and $2.4 billion more than the FY 2012 enacted budget amount.

Join NH&RA May 21-22 for our 2012 Spring Developers Forum at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey in California. Register by this Friday, April 27 to save up to $100 off your conference registration fee!

The Obama Administration released its FY 2013 budget on February 13, 2012, proposing spending levels for federal departments, agencies, and programs for the fiscal year that begins October 1, 2012. Click here for background on the federal budget process.