New HOME Program Rent Limits
2013 HOME Program Rent Limits, effective June 1, 2013 have been posted on the HUD Website. In addition to finding the Limits by state, you can also click on links for Area Definitions, and the Rent Li ...
Q & A: Who Pays for the Unit Transfer?
Question: Unit Transfer - We have a tenant in an efficiency who has secured a doctor's note for a bigger apartment and a reasonable accommodation form has been prepared to facilitate this request to a ...
Q & A: Certs/50059s
Question: I have an applicant I currently am processing for residency. He has a federal pension that has a deduction for a court ordered alimony, and I understand we do not count this portion of his b ...
EIV System Updates for Spring 2013
The online EIV systems are scheduled for updates in October and April. The Spring 2013 version update (to 9.5) wasn’t released until Monday, May 6, 2013. The changes were announced on May 7th in RHI ...
FMRs Revisions
On April 30, 2013 some of the FY2013 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) that were published in October of 2012 were updated. FMRs were changed for Cheyenne, WY; Odessa, TX; Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont ...
Smoke-Free Toolkits
On March 1, 2013 Lanier Hylton sent an email to Owner/Agents about the Smoke Free Housing Toolkits. The letter that accompanied the email was from Carol Galante, Acting Assistant Secretary – Federal H ...
Verifying SS Debit Cards: Policy Clarification
RHIIP ListServ #296, issued in February, reminded us that Social Security benefits may now be paid via Direct Express debit cards. In a May 2, 2013 email, Michael Sharkey in Policy clarified that th ...
Q&A: Unit Split
Question: Mother and Adult Daughter lived in one unit with their kids. Mother went on our waiting list and is now moving into another unit with her kids next Friday, March 8th. We’re not quite sur ...
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 ...
Grants and Scholarships
The Bollinger Foundation, a charitable foundation created to provide financial assistance to families of workers in the housing and community development field, is seeking nominations for this year’s ...