HUD Publishes PIH 2024-11: Voucher Management System Reporting Requirements for Moving to Work Public Housing Agencies

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• On: 04/16/2024 07:54:20
• In: PIH Notices

 

Special Attention of: Office Directors of Public Housing; Regional Directors; Moving to Work Public Housing Agencies

Notice PIH 2024-11 Issued: April 16, 2024 Expires: This Notice remains in effect until amended, rescinded, or superseded. Cross References: Notice PIH 2010-16 (HA), FR5994-N-05

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SUBJECT: Voucher Management System Reporting Requirements for Moving to Work Public Housing Agencies

1. PURPOSE
This Notice is to inform Moving to Work (MTW) Public Housing Agencies (PHA) of new reporting requirements for planned uses of MTW Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) reserves in the Voucher Management System (VMS). This Notice is effective for the June 30, 2024, calendar year quarter end date reporting cycle and applies to all MTW agencies administering the HCV program.
To further ongoing efforts to improve transparency and oversight of MTW HCV utilization, including planned spending of reserves, all MTW agencies must report their planned uses of MTW HCV reserves in VMS on a quarterly basis. 

2. BACKGROUND

Section VII.B of the Standard MTW Agreement, Sections 5.a, 6, 6.c, and 7.a.vii of the MTW Operations Notice, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113) require MTW agencies to comply with all HUD reporting requirements that are not specifically waived.

In March 2022, HUD released a new version of VMS that included changes to the Unspent Funds Source Fields for all MTW agencies (i.e., VMS fields to report commitments and obligations for future expenditures of unspent HCV funds).

HUD provided VMS training to all MTW agencies in August 2022, introduced the MTW HCV utilization methodology for MTW agencies...

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