On September 17, 2024, Executive Directors of Public Housing Agencies (PHA) received word that the Housing Information Portal (HIP) would not be ready to accept submissions by the January 1, 2025 deadline imposed by PIH. The following day, an additional memo...
Under the new imputing rules prescribed by HOTMA, applicants and tenants of affordable housing programs will have to keep even better track of their disposed assets going forward. In nearly all income-based housing projects, there are rules designed to prevent people...
Last week, HUD finalized its calculations for the upcoming year’s passbook savings rate. The new rate has been set at 0.45% for 2025. Affordable housing programs use the passbook savings rate to calculate imputed income from assets. This number essentially represents...
On April 29, 2024, HUD released important guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in tenant selection decisions. The document highlights how even relying on seemingly objective tools may not provide enough context to arrive at appropriate tenant admission...
Nearly ten years after its last update, the new list of Federally Mandated Exclusions from income was published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2024. The listing adds four new income exclusions and clarifies/expands four income sources that had been described...