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...
Understanding EIV starts with knowing who it covers, what data it uses, and how to handle that data accurately and securely under HUD rules. What is the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System? The Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system is a web-based...
A Management and Occupancy Review (MOR) is HUD’s formal review of how a multifamily property is managed and how it serves residents under HUD’s rules and program requirements. It focuses on operations, resident files, policies, and overall compliance rather than just...
Fair housing compliance means understanding who is protected, what conduct is prohibited, and how to embed nondiscrimination into everyday operations as a housing provider. The Fair Housing Act The federal Fair Housing Act is a civil rights law that prohibits...
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...
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...
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...
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...
