RSVP for HUD Customer Experience Listening Session
In order to help the agency better understand how your experience as a customer and your expectations of HUD has changed during the pandemic, HUD has announced 10 listening sessions to be held between November 2nd-10th....
HUD Piece of Senate’s Build Back Better Released, Scored
Following a process laid out by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs released its portion of the Senate’s Build Back Better Act on December 9th. Also on...
HUD and HHS Announce Housing and Services Resource Center
HHS and HUD have announced a new Housing and Services Resource center to improve access to affordable, accessible housing and the critical services that make community living possible. HHS’s Administration on Community Living is...
HUD Quarterly Data Show Major Rent Increases, Continuing Housing Instability
During its quarterly update, HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research shared alarming trends in rents, with the average nationwide rent in September 2021 rising 12.5% compared with rents in September 2020. These drastic rent increases in the...
HUD Service Coordinator Grants Renewed at 5.9%; Applications Due February 7th
Reminder that HUD opened renewal applications for existing Service Coordinator grants for Calendar Year 2022. Applications are due February 7th and must include HUD's one-year budget form. The agency has applied a 5.9% Cost...
Lessons for Enhancing Service Coordination in HUD-Assisted Senior Housing Communities
A new research brief offers 19 lessons to help housing communities implement an enhanced service coordinator model.
HUD Notice on Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Detectors
On January 31st, HUD issued Notice H 2022-01 on carbon monoxide alarms or detectors in housing with fuel-fired/burning appliance(s) or an attached garage.
Housing Notice 2015-04 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Published
On February 10th, the Office of Multifamily Housing posted to HUDCLIPS updated responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding Housing Notice H-2015-04, Methodology for Completing a Multifamily Housing Utility Analysis. The FAQs were originally distributed to...
Form HUD-27061-H Re-Published to HUDCLIPS
On February 15th, Form HUD-27061-H, Race and Ethnic Data Reporting Form, was re-published to HUDCLIPS. This form is used by applicants and in-place tenants of Multifamily Housing programs to provide self-certification of race and ethnicity...
Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Adjustment Factors
On February 16th, a Notice of the Revised Contract Rent Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for FY22 was published in the Federal Register. The AAFs are used to adjust the contract rents on the anniversary...
FCC Hears LeadingAge, Moves to Improve Affordable Connectivity Program for HUD Residents
Directly aligned with LeadingAge’s suggestions to do so, the Federal Communications Commission will consider taking several steps to increase enrollment of HUD multifamily residents in its Affordable Connectivity Program. The good news, described in...
HUD Publishes FY2023 Fair Market Rents with 10% Average Increase
This week, HUD published Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for Fiscal Year 2023, effective October 1, 2022. FMRs are used in a variety of HUD programs and are published annually as an estimate of the...