2005 Notices, Rules and Regulations

PIH 2005-35 (HA)

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	Appendix 4

This notice provides public housing agencies (PHAs) with information needed to complete their FFY 2006 operating subsidy forms. It includes a schedule for the submission of certain items to HUD, local inflation factors, data needed for the recalculation of the formula expense level, and other special notes related to the operating subsidy forms and processing.

This Notice reissues Notice PIH 2004-16 and provides guidance for Hub Directors and Program Center Coordinators to follow in assisting Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) determined troubled or non-troubled under the Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) for the Housing Choice Voucher Program

This Notice updates Notice 99-19 to reflect changes to the requirements for demolition and disposition processing, as well as revisions made to the associated application form HUD-52860 in 2002. The purpose of the notice is as follows: (1) to clarify the applicability of Section 18 to a HOPE VI related demolition; (2) to inform Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) of the changes to Section 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, by Section 531 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of 1998, (P.L. 105-276), (3) to provide guidance on the criteria HUD will use to process demolition/disposition applications; and (4) to discuss the new certification required under QHWRA. The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act was signed on October 21, 1998.

PIH 2005-26 (HA)

Attachment: TDC

This Notice transmits the current depository agreement forms to be used when investing IHBG funds; form HUD-52736A (10/2004) for banking accounts and form HUD-52736B (10/2004) for brokers/dealers. Also, the Notice clarifies when to use depository forms and when tribes or tribally designated housing entities may utilize brokers in the investment of Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) funds under 24 CFR 1000.58.

This Notice reinstates Notice PIH 2003-26 (TDHEs), Accessibility Notice for Native American Program: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968; and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, which expired October 31, 2004, for another year until June 30, 2006.

Reinstatement - Units with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations Combined with Housing Choice Voucher Assistance under the Tenant-Based and Project-Based Programs

This Notice reinstates and extends Notice PIH 2002-22, same subject, which expired November 30, 2004, until June 30, 2006.

PIH 2005-19 (TDHEs)

Note: This notice cancels Notice PIH 2005-8 (TDHEs), issued 2/25/05.

This Notice expands upon existing guidance provided under Paragraph 5 of Notice PIH 2005-1 (HA), Implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 4818 – H Rept 108-792), 2005 Funding Provisions for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Notice PIH 2005-14 (HA), Calendar Year 2005 Administrative Fee Funding for Homeownership Voucher Program Implementation and Closings.

This Notice:

• Outlines PIH's policy for determining and verifying the eligibility of full-time college students of non-parental/guardian households;
• Implements section 224 of the FY 2005 Appropriations Act regarding athletic scholarship assistance available for housing costs (The Office of Housings' policy on implementation of section 224 will be contained in the Multifamily Handbook 4350.3); and
• Identifies tools for better assuring that families in need of assistance are able to participate in HUD's programs.

Homeownership is a key to financial independence, the accumulation of wealth, and stronger, healthier communities. Increasing homeownership among low-income and minority households is one of HUD's most important 2005 initiatives. The homeownership option under the Housing Choice Voucher Program helps accomplish this objective by allowing public housing agencies (PHAs) to provide voucher assistance to low-income first-time homebuyers for monthly homeownership expenses rather than for monthly rental payments.

The purpose of this Notice is to provide PHAs and Field Office staff information pertaining to their obligation of maintaining current information within PIC, tracking the inventory of public housing units, and HUD's transition to the use of the PIC system for these purposes.

Issued: 03/29/05
Expires: 03/31/06

Issued: 02/25/05
Expires: 02/28/06

PIH 2005-8 (TDHEs)

Note: Notice PIH 2005-19 (TDHEs), issued 6/21/05 cancels this notice.

This Notice reinstates Notice PIH 2003-24 (HA), same subject, for another year until February 28, 2006. The Notice expired September 30, 2004.

This Notice explains President Bush's New Freedom Initiative and Executive Order 13217 and provides guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) and HUD field staff on initiatives that can be implemented to assist families with a person with disabilities (which may include an individual person with disabilities) in their search for housing under the Housing Choice Voucher program. In addition, this notice clarifies issues related to issuance and preservation of certain types of special purpose vouchers for disabled families (where the head, spouse or sole member is a person with disabilities).

PIH 2005-4 (HA)

This notice describes the new electronic exigent health and safety (EHS) system for public housing agencies (PHAs) and Public Housing Field Office staff. This notice explains how PHAs are to certify to the correction or abatement of the life-threatening (i.e., EHS) deficiencies observed during Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) inspections. It also outlines the procedures for Field Office staff to enter and record any follow-up activities that they have completed to ensure that EHS deficiencies have been corrected or abated.

PIH 2005-3 (HA)

This notice directs public housing agencies (PHAs) to follow Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-87 regarding employee benefits plan administration, and transmits a change to the Housing Agency (HA) Guidebook: Employee Benefit Plans, 7401.7 G, paragraph 2.8, subparagraph (e), Forfeitures.

PIH 2005-2 (HA)

This Notice reiterates the streamlined requirements for designating public housing projects for occupancy by elderly families only, disabled families only, or elderly and disabled families only. This Notice also includes the requirements and procedures for renewal of, or changes to, previously HUD approved designation plans.

PIH 2005-1 (HA)

This Notice implements the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program funding provisions resulting from enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. In this law, Congress modifies the method of calculating and distributing renewal funds, public housing agency (PHA) administrative fees, and continues to prohibit the use of renewal funds for over-leasing. The Act specifies that calendar year 2005 will be the funding period for such renewals and administrative fees under the HCV program.