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Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Public Comment Period Open
HUD is excited to announce the publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for our proposed rule Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk...
Results of the 2022 Multi-Family Housing Annual Fair Housing Occupancy Report
RD has recently issued an Unnumbered Letter, Results of the 2022 Multi-Family Housing Annual Fair Housing Occupancy Report (also attached), which includes both Sec. 515 Rural Rental Housing and Sec. 514 Farm Labor Housing properties. The results...
Register for the Bridging The Wealth Gap Summit
Register TODAY for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Bridging the Wealth Gap: Asset Building and Economic Justice Summit! The summit will take place on Monday, May 1, 2023, from 11am – 4pm ET, at the Robert C. Weaver...
2023 HUD Fair Housing Month Webinar
The Cleveland and Columbus Field Offices of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will host an optional HUD Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity training on Overview of FHEO Discrimination Disability Rights: Service &...
LIHTC Update: Rates for April 2023
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2023-6, which provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes, including applicable federal interest rates, adjusted applicable federal interest rates, and adjusted...
Request for Comments on NSPIRE Proposed Scoring Notice
HUD has pre-published a notice (also attached) requesting public comment and serving as a complementary document to the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) proposed rule published January 13, 2021. HUD is seeking...
Revisions to Chapter 9 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs announced today updated guidance for owners of properties participating in its Section 8 project-based rental assistance (PBRA) program. The...
Restoring HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard Final Rule Published
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has submitted to the Federal Register for publication a Final Rule entitled Restoring HUD's Discriminatory Effects Standard. The Final Rule rescinds the Department's 2020...
Draft PBRA HAP Bifurcation Notice Issued
The Office of Multifamily Housing has recently issued a draft Bifurcation Notice for Public Comment to address complexities associated with Section 8 PBRA HAP contract bifurcations, in which single HAP contracts are divided into two or more HAP...
Memorandum on Housing Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022
Please find below a recently issued memorandum, Housing Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, from Ethan Handelman, Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Multifamily Housing. The memorandum summarizes the...