Assisted Housing

Pay Crunch Seen For Sec. 8 Landlords
   Twelve housing advocacy groups warn the House Appropriations Committee of consequences if proposed cuts to the Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance Contracts program are sustained. The program pays landlords under contract to HUD the difference between what a renter household can afford – up to 30% of their income -- and the
posted 4/26/13 09:33 AM  read complete story

Section 8 Program In Turmoil
   HUD officials are scrambling to determine how to minimize the impact of appropriation sequestration on delivery of Section 8 tenant and landlord subsidies. A series of reviews arranged by the Section 8 Management Assessment Program have been postponed
posted 3/27/13 6:14 PM  read complete story

$5M to Fund Plans for Public, Assisted Housing
   These grants are intended to help communities create comprehensive plans to transform public and assisted housing within distressed neighborhoods.
posted 3/27/13 10:41 AM  read complete story

Section 8 Cutbacks Begin
   Just as the results of HUD’s 2013 national homeless count begin to trickle in, public housing authorities prepare to slash Section 8 rental voucher assistance to thousands of families, many of whom likely will find themselves homeless. Early findings in the homeless count show homelessness is up in many areas from a year ago, including New York
posted 3/22/13 10:14 AM  read complete story

House Targets Tight Section 8 Reform
   Concerned that the Section 8 housing voucher program will overwhelm HUD’s ability to administer it prompts the House Financial Services Committee to put the program center stage in a move to revamp several housing programs outlined in the panel’s Views & Estimates on Matters to be Set Forth in the Con current resolution on the Budget for FY
posted 2/27/13 4:16 PM  read complete story

PHAs Quitting Section 8 Raises Concern
   A brief Senate Banking Committee hearing on Section 8 housing voucher reform spotlights the increasing number of public housing authorities quitting administration of Section 8 housing vouchers and a fear that the program could be hindered by automatic spending reductions in the effort to trim the deficit.
posted 12/14/12 09:14 AM  read complete story

Landlords Get Tenant Support Guide
   Landlords accepting Section 8 project contracts could be fined up to $37,500 for each offense restricting tenant participation in activities against landlord stewardship of their properties. In HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Notice H 2012-21, landlords could be fined varying amounts for several offenses related to the tenant restriction.
posted 10/31/12 11:41 AM  read complete story

Section 8 Residual Receipts Notice Issued
   HUD sets out polices and procedures for the use of residual receipts to offset housing assistance payments (HAP) at certain project-based Section 8 properties. Residual receipts are described as money exceeding amounts needed to operate a property on a monthly basis, maintain a reserve for replacement funds and make allowable payments to the
posted 8/16/12 1:39 PM  read complete story

Westchester Appeals Consent Decree
   Westchester County, NY will appeal the federal district court ruling saying the county violated a 2009 consent decree with HUD to address housing segregation in the affluent New York City suburb, when it vetoed legislation prohibiting landlords from using income as a decision-making factor.
posted 6/1/12 12:41 PM  read complete story

Success In Absorbing Housing Vouchers
   Most Chicago and Atlanta neighborhoods have been able to absorb voucher holders relocated from public housing sites without any negative impact on neighborhood conditions, according to a new report from The Urban Institute.
posted 4/27/12 10:34 AM  read complete story