RHIIP Listserv Posting #435: NEW GUIDANCE: COVID-19 Joint PIH-MFH memo and MFH Q&A
Dear Multifamily stakeholders: Attached please find a memo from HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing and the Office of Public and Indian Housing, that addresses the suspension of REAC inspection ...
All REAC Inspections Postponed due to COVID-19 / Coronavirus
All REAC Inspections Postponed for Undetermined Period of Time Earlier today, March 13, 2020, HUD REAC sent a notification to licensed REAC Inspectors stating that currently scheduled inspecti ...
NAHMA HUD Update: White House Coronavirus Task Force Update
On March 4, the following update was sent from NAHMA: Earlier this week, HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson was added to the White House Coronavirus Task Force. All federal agencies are working aggressiv ...
RHIIP Listserv Posting #434: 2020 Median Gross Rents by Zip Code are Now Available on the Section 8 Renewal Policy Site on HUD.GOV
Median Gross Rents are used to determine when HUD will procure a third party rent comparability study (RCS) in conjunction with Section 8 Project-based Rental Assistance rent setting. Section 9- ...
RADBLAST! RAD Successfully Winds Down RAP Legacy Program, Preserving 14,462 Affordable Homes, Saving Residents from Displacement
On January 23rd, the following RADBlast was sent out: HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing has recently hit a new milestone: the last properties with contracts under the 1970s-era “Rental Assistance ...
RHIIP ListServ Posting #433: Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 have been Published
The Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2020 were published on November 22, 2019 in the Federal Register. These factors are used for adjusting or establishing Section 8 rent ...
RHIIP Listserv Posting #432: Address Change for Cyber-Awareness Challenge Training Program
Please be advised the Cyber-Awareness Challenge, which is required for EIV users to satisfy annual online security training, has changed locations. The training, now titled “Cyber Awareness Challenge ...
Cyber Awareness Challenge 2020 is now Available
This annual refresh includes updates to case studies, new information on the Cyberspace Protection Condition (CPCON) (formerly INFOCON), a feature allowing the course tutorial to be skipped, a combini ...
SSA Announces the 2020 COLA Increase of 1.6%
On October 10, 2019, the Social Security Administration announced that the monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will increase 1.6% in 2020. Increased SS payments will begin i ...
RHIIP Listserv Posting #431: Reminder: Application Deadline for Technical Assistance October 8 for Family Self-Sufficiency Program
As announced in RHIIP Listserv Posting #428, HUD is offering hands-on group learning and individualized technical assistance (TA) to our multifamily assisted housing owners and management agents to he ...