
Q&A: When to make the Interim Recertification retroactively effective
Q&A: When to make the Interim Recertification retroactively effective Question If a tenant lost their job in October, but did not report it to management until January, am I required to make the Int ...

TRACS is Experiencing Delays in Processing Vouchers
TRACS is Experiencing Delays in Processing Vouchers HUD’s TRACS system is continuing to experience processing delays for voucher requests this month. The specific cause of the issue - voucher files ...

TRACS 202D Conversion Deadline Extended
TRACS 202D Conversion Deadline Extended On Friday, January 16, 2015, HUD announced an extension to the deadline for industry conversion to TRACS 202D. The announcement can be found at http://porta ...

Required Transition for HUD’s Voice Response System (VRS) Users to eLOCCS
Several owners of HUD properties are also recipients of a variety of HUD grants (for service coordinators, etc.) As Grantees, these owners have historically utilized the Voice Response System (VRS) to ...

Q&A: Notifying Household in a Section 8 Property of Eviction
Question I manage a Section 8 property and need to to start the eviction process on a household. Is there a certain way I have to notify them? ~ Annie in California

Q&A: Homelessness Crisis in my Community
Question Homelessness is becoming a real crisis in my community. As a manager of a Section 8 property, can I give preference to homeless applicants? Can they skip other applicants on my waiting list? ...

Conversion Deadline for TRACS 202D Not Extended
The TRACS 202D Working Group participated in a conference call with the HUD TRACS Team on December 17, 2014 to discuss the industry’s progress in converting to TRACS 202D. During this call, no extensi ...

Use of Marijuana in Multifamily Assisted Properties
On December 29, 2014, HUD released a memo to the industry to provide clarification to these owners. In the memo, HUD reiterated that despite any changes to state laws, use of “medical marijuana” is il ...

HUD Issues Notice 2014-16 Regarding Waiting List Administration
On November 28, 2014, HUD published Housing Notice 2014-16 Waiting List Administration to provide guidance on the administration of waiting lists for Multifamily Housing properties. Topics discussed i ...

PMCS Launches Webinar Instruction!
The average housing professional incurs $2,000 in out-of-pocket expenses to attend training sessions each year. With travel, they can lose 3 days from the office for every 1 day of training. Are you l ...