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...
As published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2025, HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) has further extended the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) compliance deadline for its programs to January 1, 2027. This new...
HUD has issued Notice H 2025–07, extending the compliance deadline for certain provisions of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA). Under the new guidance, implementation of HOTMA Sections 102 and 104 for HUD Multifamily Housing is now...
Key Takeaways The 2026 COLA increase is 2.8%, adjusting Social Security and SSI benefits started January 2026 to reflect inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners (CPI-W). The COLA calculation is based on the percentage change in the CPI-W...
The Department of the Treasury/Internal Revenue Service published Final Regulations and Removal of Temporary Regulations regarding Section 42, Low-Income Housing Credit Average Income Test Procedures, to the Federal Register on September 30, 2025. The average income...
