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Office Hour Series | HCV Two-Year Tool (TYT)

HUD will be hosting HCV Two-Year Tool Office Hours on August 6th, for PHAs administering the HCV Program. Registration is not required; however, date, time and link to join have been updated as of July 17th to accommodate increased participant capacity. Please join us live! These exclusive office hours will not be recorded.

  1. Thursday, August 6th at 3-4 PM EDT | Latest Updates to TYT VMS/HUDCAPS Data

  • HCV Two-Year Tool Training and Resources

  • HCV Two-Year Tool Guide
    This file contains step-by-step instructions for using the Two-Year Tool. Note: New screenshots of the updated TYT (June 2026) are currently being added to this guide.

  • HCV Two-Year Projection Tool (Updated August 3, 2026)
    The objective of the Two-Year Tool (TYT) is to analyze a PHA's utilization situation which includes running basic leasing and spending scenarios to better inform decisions going forward in an effort to optimize the program over a multi-year period. There are many variables that affect a PHA's HCV program, some outside of a PHA's control and some that can be impacted by policies and operations; variables including Congressional funding, cost per unit trends, the rate at which participants leave the program (i.e. attrition rate), and the rate at which vouchers are successfully leased (including the time-to success).

    Upon opening this tool, a PHA should enter the applicable five-character PHA code (e.g. MA002) and click the "Open Two-Year Tool" button. This will create a Tool with all applicable information; you will first be asked to save this file to your computer. Depending on your version of Microsoft Office and your personal settings, you may need to enable macros, ActiveX and content.  To save the file locally click “File” then “Save As”. Please see the "HCV Two-Year Tool Guide".

    This file is updated continuously.