Alpine Companies, Inc. Asked To Stop Servicing Projects in HUD’s New Multifamily West Region

As discussed in our original August 27, 2014 article, HUD is continuing to work to consolidate the Multifamily Asset Management Offices across the country, through an organizational restructuring project called the Multifamily for Tomorrow Transformation. A significant element of this project involves downsizing the number of Hub offices from 17 to 5 regions, each with a Regional Center and 1-2 Regional Satellite Offices.

In the last few months, the Office of Multifamily Housing has begun to consolidate operation of the Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington Multifamily Offices into the West Region with a Regional Center in San Francisco and a Regional Satellite Office in Denver.

To facilitate the continued servicing of HUD properties in the affected geography, HUD had contracted with a third-party private contractor, Alpine Companies, Inc. However, for reasons not provided in the February 9, 2016 announcement, HUD notified owners and agents that Alpine Companies, Inc. has been asked to stop work on these projects.

As part of this announcement, HUD indicated that routine requests for assistance would be delayed during this period. If your project has an urgent need for assistance or needs to notify HUD of an event such as a fire, flood, funding lapse or pending closing, please email tim.sovold@HUD.gov.

As PMCS learns more about the temporary stoppage and the impact this has on Owners and Agents in the area, additional announcement will be made to our website.