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HUD recently announced that it has reached a Voluntary Compliance Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), resolving HUD findings the housing authority failed to comply with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. HACM agreed to change its hiring and contracting practices to increase the hiring of public housing and other low-income residents, as well as contracting with businesses that employ low-income persons.
On Aug. 15, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the Proposed Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for fiscal year (FY) 2015. The primary uses of FMRs are to: (1) determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program; (2) determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts; (3) determine initial rents for housing assistance payment contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program; and (4) serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME program.
Q: The move-out of a household member will always lower the household’s rent, because you no longer are including the former member’s income in your rent calculation. True or false?
Reps. Dennis Ross, R-Fla.;, Jim Himes, D-Conn.; John Delaney, D-Md.; Sean Duffy, R-Wis.; Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.; and Ann Wagner, R-Mo. recently introduced “Pay-for-Success” legislation (H.R. 5104 ) to increase energy efficiency in multifamily rental housing.
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro was recently confirmed by the Senate as HUD secretary by a vote of 71-27, with 18 Republicans supporting the prominent Latino Democrat. Castro was first elected to the San Antonio city council in 2001 and was elected mayor in 2009. He has served three terms as mayor. And as mayor, Castro made the construction of affordable housing in San Antonio one of his administration’s goals.
The Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS) was designed by HUD to help improve financial controls over assisted housing programs by automating manual procedures and incorporating automated controls. It’s an electronic system that owners and managers of HUD-subsidized housing are required to use to send certifications and housing assistance payment (HAP) vouchers to contract administrators and to HUD. TRACS validates and processes all records and returns status and error messages about the files that it receives.
Recently, HUD approved New Jersey's plan for spending $1.46 billion in the second round of storm aid intended to help the thousands of people on waiting lists for Superstorm Sandy rebuilding assistance. New Jersey received $1.8 billion in Sandy aid last year. All told, it will receive about $4.2 billion, a small fraction of the cost of damage from the October 2012 storm.
Recently, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan testified at two confirmation hearings held by the two Senate committees with jurisdiction over his nomination as the next Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director. Donovan was nominated by President Obama on May 22.
On June 12, Reps. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, and Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, members of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced H.R. 4868, a bill to expand by ten the number of public housing agencies (PHAs) that may participate in HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration.
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