On September 2, 2026, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs posted the draft TRACS Release 203A Monthly Activity Transmission (MAT) Guide for stakeholder review and comment on its website. For anyone tracking the pace of HOTMA implementation in...
On September 10, 2026, HUD issued Notice H 2026-06, removing Section 100-2.20 of Handbook 4910.1, which had required properties for the elderly with 20 or more units to provide an emergency call system in each bathroom and at one bed location in each unit. The change...
In May of 2026, the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) released a memo addressing the hot topic of emotional support animals (ESAs). Inspired by recent court decisions surrounding reasonable accommodation requests for disabled residents’ assistance...
On May 6, 2026, HUD announced that the new EIV-SAVE Tenant Matching Report is ready for PHA use following a 5-month process. The new Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) report compares PHA-provided citizenship descriptors to data reflected in the US Citizenship and...
HUD has published long-awaited guidance on how NSPIRE applies to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Housing Trust Fund. The notice explains how participating jurisdictions and grantees must update written property standards, inspection procedures, and...
On February 3, HUD released the 2026 Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAF) for each state, as well as DC, the Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These factors are used for adjusting contract rents for project-based Section 8 programs renewed...
