Major HUD Field Office Reorganization

In a news release today, April 24, 2013,  HUD announced a massive restructuring of its Multifamily Headquarters and Field Offices.

Implementation will begin in the Fall, and it’s expected to take 2 ½ years to complete the transition.  HUD employees affected by these changes will be offered an opportunity to continue working for HUD, although the offers may involve changing their location or job description.  They will be eligible for relocation assistance, or can choose to take voluntary separation incentive pay or voluntary early retirement.

At Headquarters in Washington, DC, there will be four Multifamily offices:

• Office of Production (which is now the Office of Multifamily Housing Development)
• Office of Recapitalization (currently the Office of Affordable Housing Preservation)
• Office of Asset Management [combining the Office of Housing Assistance Contract Administration Oversight (CAOM), which supervises PBCAs with the Office of Housing Assistance & Grant Administration]
• Office of Field Operations (new) Hubs will be consolidated, and 16 smaller offices will close.  HUD’s 50 offices will be condensed to 10 offices reporting to 5 Multifamily Hubs.  The Hubs will be located in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Worth, and San Francisco, with satellite offices in Boston, Jacksonville, Detroit, Kansas City, and Denver.

HUD Field Offices will close in: Camden, NJ; Syracuse, NY; Orlando and Tampa, FL; Springfield, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Flint and Grand Rapids, MI; Shreveport, LA;  Dallas and Lubbock, TX; Tucson, AZ;  Fresno, Sacramento and San Diego, CA, and Spokane, WA.  HUD will keep at least one office in each state.

“The current organizational model for HUD is not sustainable from a financial and a service delivery point of view,” said Maurice Jones, HUD’s Deputy Secretary.  “We are reviewing every aspect of our operation to determine if we have the right people in the right places and we’re determining where we can be even more efficient, to get the most value out of our limited resources.  We’re in a different budget environment and we’re at a point where we must make some extremely tough choices.”  In addition to improving program effectiveness, HUD estimates that this plan will save $40-45 million each year after the implementation is complete.

Read the official news release.