HUD Partners with HHS to Provide Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits to Section 202 Elderly Properties

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent the following information: Dear Multifamily Owners and Stakeholders, The QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test allows individuals and families to test themselves in the privacy of their own homes. This test helps detect the virus during the early stages of infection and allow individuals to act accordingly based on this…

Preparing for the HUD FY 2022 Supplemental Comprehensive Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity Application

HUD’s Office of Housing sent out the following information: SAM.gov and the Unique Entity Identifier: Entities already registered in System for Award Management (SAM) should have automatically received their new Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) but may also search for their UEI at SAM.gov. If a potential Supplemental Comprehensive Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity (Supplemental…

Rural Development Office of Multifamily Housing Announces Simple Transfer Pilot Program

December 9, 2022 Rural Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: Multifamily Housing (MFH) has developed a pilot program for simple transfers under authority in Section 506(b) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. §1476(b)). The purpose of the pilot program is to reduce application requirements for certain types…

2023 Interim Recertification Requirements for Rural Development Tenants – UPDATE

RD’s Office of Multifamily Housing released the following information on December 8, 2022. (Also see CARH’s Broadcast Email of November 17, 2022):   Multifamily Stakeholders, On October 13, 2022, the Social Security Administration announced an 8.7% increase in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 2023.  They estimated that this adjustment will result…

DelBene, Wenstrup Lead Bipartisan Affordable Housing Expansion Push in Year-End Legislation

November 28, 2022 Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) led 54 members of Congress urging House leadership to address the nation’s growing affordable housing shortage. In a letter, the lawmakers requested provisions that would strengthen and expand the Housing Credit be included in a potential year-end legislative package to increase affordable housing production…