NEWS

HUD has published some expected changes to the Section 8 renewal guide. The notice issue date was May 18, 2012 but it is not yet posted on HUD's website. Click here to download the document. 
 

SAHMA OUTLOOK
March/April 2012

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 It's Fair Housing Month! In this issue:
· NAHMA Awards
· DUNS Number Alert
· The Changing World of Affordable Housing
· Interval Submetering
· Annual Financial Statement FASS-MF
· Visitability
· Legal Issues 

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Recent Housing Notices

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12-10: Guidelines for Assumption, Subordination, or Assignment of Mark-to-Market (M2M) Loans in Transfer of Physical Assets (TPA) and Refinance Transactions

12-09: Supplemental Information to Application for Assistance Regarding Identification of Family Member, Friend or Other Persons or Organization Supportive of a Tenant for Occupancy in HUD Assisted Housing

12-08: Updated Requirements for Prepayment and Refinance of Section 202 Direct Loans

12-07: Annual Base City High Cost Percentage and High Cost Area Revisions for 2012

12-06: Notice Requiring Owners with Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance Contracts or Section 202 or 811 Project Rental Assistance Contracts or Rental Assistance Payments or Rent Supplement Contracts to Obtain Dun and Bradstreet Number System (DUNS) Numbers and to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR)

12-05: Guidelines on Addressing Infestations in HUD-insured and Assisted Multifamily Housing

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Recent PIH Notices

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PIH 2012-24: Rent to Owners in subsidized projects under the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program

PIH 2012-23 (ONAP): Line of Credit Control System/Voice Response System (LOCCS/VRS) for the Indian Housing Block Grant Program. Related Attachments: Attachment 1 · Attachment 2 · Attachment 3

PIH 2012-22: Supplemental Information to Application for Assistance Regarding Identification of Family Member, Friend or Other Persons or Organization Supportive of a Tenant for Occupancy in HUD Assisted Housing

PIH 2012-21: Financial Reporting Requirements for the Housing Choice Voucher Program Submitted through the Financial Assessment Subsystem for Public Housing and the Voucher Management System

PIH 2012-20: Implementation of Funding for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk Households in Low-Vacancy Areas

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USDA-RD Notices

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RD Administrative Notice No. 4623 "Procedure for Ordering Dun and Bradstreet Commercial Credit Reports for Single Family Housing and Multi-Family Housing"(March 1, 2012)
Provides guidance on ordering Commercial Credit Reports for Single Family Housing and Multi-Family Housing programs,including guidance in ordering individual consumer credit reports on the owner/principal

March Unnumbered Letters

Establishing the 2012 Area Loan Limits (March 1, 2012)
· USDA-RD updates for the annual area loan limits.

Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Designated Place List Fiscal Year 2012 (March 13, 2012)
· A list of designated places from which loan proposals for the Section 515 program will be accepted for FY 2012.

Fiscal Year 2012 Site Manager of the Year Recognition Program (March 13, 2012)
· Provides the guidelines for RHS’s annual Multi-Family Housing Site Manager of the Year program for FY 2012. Awards may bepresented in each of the following three categories: (1) Site Manager of the Year for Housing for the Elderly; (2) Site Manager of the Year for Housing for Families; and (3) Site Manager of the Year for Farm Labor Housing.