Renewing Your CCR Certification
If you had a CCR number but have not renewed it, please note the following information from HUD’s Theresa Fields:
Your Check Won’t Be In The Mail After This Year!
Even the Associated Press (April 16, 2012) has gotten the word, and has sent out this warning of the March, 2013 deadline: “Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of ...
Google Chrome
Some people are having problems accessing or updating certain screens within HUD’s Secure Systems (WASS). The common factor seems to be that these users have switched from Internet Explorer to Google ...
Latest Update on PBCAs
Two-year contracts for PBCAs (Performance Based Contract Administrators) in the contested 42 states and territories are currently up for bid using the NOFA (Notice of Funds Availability) process.
Q & A Compliance
Question: When a tenant installs an additional lock on the door in addition to the house lock, are they required to provide the landlord with a copy of the key to the additional lock? Michael in NY
May 16, 2012 in REAC
Q & A Certs: Clarification
Question: I have a resident who receives Social Security and has Medicare deducted from her check. She also works and has Medicare taken out of her paycheck. Does she get both deductions as medical ex ...
New Grants for Assisted Living
In some of our communities, residents are aging in place and reaching a point where they can no longer live alone or with the help of a Live-In Aide. There are not enough affordable assisted living co ...
Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) 2012
On March 13, HUD released (in the Federal Register) its Annual Adjustment Factors for FY 2012 for Section 8 contracts on their contract anniversaries. These factors are based on a formula using reside ...
May 3, 2012 in EIV
EIV Online System was Updated to Version 9.3
You’ll see a “new and improved” EIV when you pull your May reports. The following changes were made on April 28, 2012: