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HUD recently modified and published four model forms required by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA) and the implementing regulations. The latest update to VAWA occurred in March 2022 when President Biden signed into law the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022. With this update, VAWA expanded protections for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. We’ll review the federal protections and housing rights of survivo...

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs recently announced that the fifth round of application submissions for COVID-19 Supplemental Payments is open for Section 8, Section 202, and Section 811 sites. HUD will make more than $148 million in funding available for owners to submit eligible expenses for reimbursement related to protecting residents and employees from COVID-19. According to HUD, this will be the final round of COVID-19 Supplemental Payments (CSPs...

As we enter the last quarter of 2022, we remind you of Housing Notice H-2022-01 issued early this year, which requires carbon monoxide (CO) alarms or detectors in HUD-assisted housing programs starting Dec. 27, 2022. The requirement applies to units covered under Public Housing, Project Based Rental Assistance, Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Vouchers, Section 202, and Section 811 with fire-fueled or fire-burning appliances or an attached garage.

In the last year, HUD has directed more attention to how federally assisted housing providers are marketing their sites and operating their waitlists. Earlier this year, HUD released its first ever Equity Action Plan in coordination with the Biden administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda. As part of the plan, HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) has been earmarked to receive additional staffing and funding resources to keep pac...

NSPIRE standards’ implementation and pending legislation keeps the spotlight on resident safety.

In June 2021, HUD resumed physical inspections for public housing and multifamily housing after a temporary pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They began with inspections of designated high-priority sites. These sites were chosen based on a number of factors such as insured status, time elapsed since the last inspection, risk indicators, field office inquiries, PHA requested inspections, and historic physical inspection scores.

Earlier this year, two of the deadliest residential fires in the U.S. occurred within a span of four days. Both of these fires occurred in federally subsidized affordable housing.

On Jan. 5, a fire broke out in a Philadelphia rowhouse owned by the public housing authority. The fire killed 12 people, including nine children.

The year 2021 was marked by climate extremes across the U.S., including exceptional warmth, devastating severe weather, and the second-highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In fact, a record warm December 2021 initiated a pair of devastating tornado outbreaks and caused two of the year's $20 billion disaster events.

Complying with HUD's noncitizen rule can be complicated and burdensome. You and the household must complete many forms to determine the citizenship and immigration status of all applicants and new household members. And then you must verify household members' status and properly calculate the amount of assistance the household can get.

We’ll go over the costs eligible for reimbursement, the minimum payment amounts, and how to request CSP funds.