(Updated 10/25/2021)
Did you know that you can receive an official HQS certification without even leaving your desk? Nan McKay and Associates and HAI Group have teamed up to offer the Housing Quality Standards (HQS) certification online:
Topics: Fair Housing, HQS, HTVN, IACET, Inspections, Online Learning, Public Housing Management, Reasonable Accommodation, Rent Calculation, SEMAP
In a Federal Register notice this week, HUD requested comments on a planned two-year continuation of the Uniform Physical Condition Standards for Vouchers (UPCS-V) demonstration. According to the notice, the extension is necessary in order to meet congressional instructions to implement a single inspection protocol for public housing and voucher units.
Topics: HQS, Inspections, UPCS, UPCS-V, Industry News, NSPIRE
Our technical writers and subject matter experts have just completed a special mid-year revision to both our Model Administrative Plan and Model ACOP. These revisions incorporate extensive policy changes brought about by Notice PIH 2017-08, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA) guidance published this past May, along with additional revisions due to January’s Lead-Based Paint Final Rule.
Topics: Books and Revision Services, Domestic Violence, FSS, HQS, VAWA, Lead-Based Paint
On Friday in the Federal Register, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published several technical corrections and clarifications to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) provisions of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) it had issued on January 18. These changes are in part based on public comments from the first notice. In brief, the corrections and clarifications are as follows:
Topics: HOTMA, HQS, Inspections, PBV, PIH notices, Rent Calculation, Seniors and Elderly, VASH, Veterans, Persons With Disabilities
Signups for Q&A sessions at The Housing Conference are now open!
We’re thrilled to be taking our fifth annual national housing conference to Boston this August. Included with every conference registration is the opportunity to reserve a free, one-hour Q&A session with one of our NMA experts, including Nan herself!
If you’re registered for the conference and want to sign up for a session, click here and reserve your time now. The Q&A sessions are limited to registered attendees and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Topics: Capital Fund, CDBG, Fair Housing, Financial Management, FSS, HQS, Inspections, LIHTC, MTW, NMA Housing Awards, PBRA, PBV, RAD, SEMAP, The Housing Conference, UPCS-V
