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How frequently are
the reports updated?
The reports in the 'Reports' sub-module of the Form
50058 module are updated monthly. All other reports are either updated nightly
(Invalid Tenant ID, Possible Dup Tenant Report, and Portability Billing Report)
or they are live data direct from the system.
Where do
I find my reporting rate?
Your reporting rate is displayed in the latest
Delinquency Report. If it is less than 95% (rounded), it is displayed in red.
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How is my reporting rate calculated?
The
reporting rate is calculated as 50058 Received divided by 50058 Required, expressed
as a percentage. The definitions for "50058 Received" and "50058 Required vary
by program type:
a. 50058 Received:
- Public Housing - Forms
received successfully whose effective dates fall within the 14-month reporting
period with Program (1c)=P and action types are New Admission (2a=1), Annual/Interim
Reexamination (2a=2 or 3), Other Change of Unit (2a=7), Flat Rent Annual Update
(2a=12), or Historical Adjustment (2a=14).
- Vouchers - Forms received
successfully whose effective dates fall within the 14-month reporting period with
Program (1c)=VO or CE and action types are New Admission (2a=1), Annual/Interim
Reexamination (2a=2 or 3), Portability Move-In (2a=4), Other Change of Unit (2a=7),
or Historical Adjustment (2a=14).
- Mod Rehab - Forms received successfully
whose effective dates fall within the 14-month reporting period with Program (1c)=MR,
Mod Rehab SRO Program for Homeless (13b)=n or Mod Rehab SRO unit (not homeless
program) (13c)=n with action types of New Admission (2a=1), Annual/Interim Reexamination
(2a=2 or 3), Other Change of Unit (2a=7), or Historical Adjustment (2a=14).
b.
50058 Required:
- Public Housing The IMS Development sub-module
Unit Details Screen total of all units noted as:
- ACC=Yes
- Unit
Submission Status Type = Initial Approval Completed
- Unit Status =
- Occupied by Assisted Tenant or
- Unit Submission
Status Type =
- Demo/Dispo Draft,
- Demo/Dispo Proposed or
-
Demo/Dispo Approved and
- Unit Status = Occupied by Assisted Tenant.
-
Vouchers Total leased units from the Voucher Management System (VMS) minus
the number of port-outs (Form HUD-50058 is submitted by the receiving PHA) plus
the number of port-ins (not included in VMS data but Form HUD-50058 submitted
by selected PHA). This allows adjustments for portability.
- Mod Rehab
The aggregate of UNIT_MONTHS_LSD divided by 12 from the most recently submitted
HUDCAPS Mod Rehab Year-End Settlement Table (PAYH) whose YES_PROCESS_FLAG = 'Y'
and the 6th and 7th character of TRANS_NUMBER = 'MR' and XORGANIZATION does not
end in 'AD'.
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Where
do I find my overdue re-exams?
Your overdue annual re-exams are the
households listed in the monthly Reexamination Report where the number of months
since last re-exam (rightmost column) is greater than 13 months.
Where do I find my overdue HQS inspections?
Your overdue HQS inspections
are the households listed in the monthly HQS Inspection Report where the number
of months since last inspection (rightmost column) is greater than 13 months.
Where can I find any late pre-contract inspections?
The HQS Inspection Report tab has a second sub-tab named Newly Leased
Units Query, which lists all new-lease inspections (actions 1, 4, and 7).
What is the Privacy Act and how does it apply to me?
The Privacy Act
of 1974 (5 USC 552a, as amended, applies to all individuals who handle "personal
information" which belongs to another individual. "Personal information" includes
"any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is
maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, financial
transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains
his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned
to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph". Civil penalties
of $5,000 per instance may be levied against an individual by a federal court
for unauthorized disclosure of personal information, whether electronic or on
paper.
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What report
can I give to students?
There are two reports that are public and you
can direct the students to them:
- HA
Profiles Report
- Resident
Characteristics Report
Why are some records
not included in averages?
IMS/PIC attempts to geo-code all addresses
throughout the system. However, some addresses (about 7-8 percent) fail geo-coding
because of address ambiguities or spelling errors. Geo-coding determines the county
code, Congressional district number, the locality code, MSA code, census tract
code, block code, and latitude and longitude. These values are used to calculate
the averages for MSAs, Congressional districts, Census tracts, etc. in the monthly
reports. If the values are missing, the data must be omitted from the averages.
What does geo-coding do?
Geo-coding determines the county code, Congressional
district number, the locality code, MSA code, census tract code, block code, and
latitude and longitude.
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Why is my FSS Report missing some tenants?
There are two reasons why
a tenant would be omitted from the FSS Report (one a user error, the other a bug
to be fixed in a future release):
- If field 2k (FSS Participation
now or in the last year) is not set to "Y" in the current record, the tenant will
not appear in the FSS Report
- If the agency marks 2k = "y" in the latest
record but it has not reached its effective date yet and the previous record had
2k = "N", then the tenant will not appear in the FSS Report (because of the future
date; this will be fixed in a future release).
How do I read the SEMAP Indicators Report?
The SEMAP Indicators Report
is the most complex report in the monthly report package. It displays the data
used to calculate a score for each indicator, focusing on the indicators that
are scored using Form 50058 data. The report has two main tabs:
-
Current SEMAP Indicator Information - Current fiscal year-to-date data
for each indicator.
- Most Recent SEMAP Indicator Information - Last
FYE official scoring data for each indicator.
HAs use the Current
SEMAP Indicator Information to track their progress during their fiscal year and
identify any areas that need improvement or investigation before the fiscal year
end, when they are officially scored.
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Why doesnt the SEMAP Report show all indicators?
The Current
SEMAP Indicator Information tab does not include Indicator 1 through 8 because
those come from the certification submitted by the HA at the fiscal year end.
The Most Recent SEMAP Indicator Information does include all indicators, including
1 through 8, because the certification was submitted by the HA at the last fiscal
year end.
When I generate the Resident Characteristics reports, the distribution of income,
average annual %, shows a significant percentage as "Income limit not available."
Why is this?