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A Special Message From Secretary Marcia L. Fudge
Dear Valued Stakeholders, Thank you for being such an integral partner to HUD and our tremendous staff. In my nearly five-decade career in public service, I have had the honor of working alongside many public and private sector agencies to...
Rural Housing Update: Administrator Exception – HOTMA Implementation
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) Administrator approved an Administrator’s Exception related to an upcoming regulation change resulting from the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA). RHS published a Memorandum, informing...
HUD Extends FFB Risk-Sharing Initiative & Publishes Utilizing Section 223(f) for Manufactured Home Community Program Mortgagee Letter to Drafting Table
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is announcing today a sweeping set of new actions that will create and preserve high quality, affordable rental homes. These actions, announced in today’s White House’s Housing Supply Fact...
MF Back to Basic Video Series, Bead Program Challenge Opening, Connect Home USA Application Deadline Extension; and Fair Housing Eviction Factsheet
Please see the following information included in this email: Back-to-Back Video Series No Good Cause for Discrimination: Some Evictions Are Never Allowed Factsheet BEAD Program Challenge Process Opening Connect Home USA Application Deadline...
Request for Feedback on Existing Policy on Non-Rent Fees for Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs Posted to the Drafting Table
This guidance provides a summary of existing policy regarding the fees that owners of HUD-subsidized multifamily properties are permitted and not permitted to charge tenants. None of the guidance set forth in the chart is new or reflects a...
Budget Based Rent Adjustments for Mark-to-Market Properties Notice Published
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs published Housing Notice 2024-05 which implements HUD's authority to make budget-based rent adjustments (BBRA) for Section 8 project-based rental assistance housing assistance payment contracts at...
Proposed Rule – Revisions to the Smoke Alarm Requirements; FY2023 MFH Annual Occupancy Report; Set-aside unit preferences at Multifamily Housing Properties
Proposed Rule - Agency Request for Comment Revisions to the Smoke Alarm Requirements in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514-516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan Programs Washington, Feb. 21, 2024 - The Rural Housing Service (RHS)...
Notice Extending HOTMA Compliance Date for Tenant Selection Plan and Enterprise Income Verification Policies & Procedures
The Office of Multifamily Housing Programs published a Housing Notice extending the HOTMA compliance date in Section 6.2 of Notice H 2023-10 for owners to update their Tenant Selection Plan (TSP) and Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) Policies...
NAHMA Educational Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications Online
The 2024 NAHMA Educational Foundation scholarship season is open, and the online digital application is now available. To access the application, visit nahma.communityforce.com. The deadline for completed applications is 10 p.m. Eastern on May 10....
Webinar Recordings for Section 811 NOFOs and Family Self-Sufficiency Annual Survey Now Available
HUD published webinar recordings for the Section 811 Capital Advance Project Rental Assistance Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), as well as our first ever Family...