Signed into law on July 29, 2016, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, commonly known as HOTMA, is one of the most significant updates to federal assisted housing policy in decades. For property owners, management agents, site staff, and compliance...
Housing providers face a little less confusion surrounding the calculation of excess student financial assistance income for Section 8 programs with the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. In 2023, Notice H 2023-10 introduced a new method for...
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...
Each October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) releases the upcoming year’s Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for recipients of Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This adjustment reflects the changes in common household expenses...
On Thursday, May 29, 2025, HUD announced that HOTMA implementation would be further delayed until January 1, 2026 for programs covered by the HUD Multifamily Housing (MFH) program. NCHM and others anticipated the delay, primarily due to the lack of infrastructure in...
