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HUD PIH Notice 2020-08 CARES Act
HCV Program Administrative
Fees, issued on April 28, 2020

The Learning Objectives of this session will be:

• Understand HUD PIH Notice 2020-08 and the programs to which it applies
• Identify HUD’s funding methodology
• Determine eligible expenses for CARES Act funding
• Determine ineligible expenses for CARES Act funding
• Identify other sources of funds available to your PHA to offset coronavirus related expenses
• Understand CARES Act funding reporting requirements for your PHA

This morning HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2020-07 to provide guidance on the allocation and eligible uses of the supplemental Operating Fund appropriations provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as well as the additional flexibilities to use previously appropriated funds provided through the act. As you know, the CARES Act provided an additional $685 million for the Public Housing Operating Fund to enable PHAs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. Highlights of today’s notice include the following:

Our Webinar on the COVID-19 HUD Waivers for PIH Programs is now on our site!

If you're looking for an in-depth discussion of each of the waivers issued as part of the Notice PIH 2020-05, then be sure to check out our video.

We also have slides available for you to download.

HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) has established a new website with information about planned changes to its physical housing inspection model. The new model, National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE), is intended to improve upon the current Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) protocol by prioritizing health, safety, and functional defects.

Late yesterday, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published Notice PIH 2018-17, offering eligible PHAs the opportunity to apply for admission to the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration under the first cohort of the recent expansion, and providing the two-step application process to do so. HUD republished in the Federal Register the operations notice on the MTW expansion yesterday. While the operations notice does cover the implementation and continued operations of MTW agencies selected through the expansion, it does not include the application instructions. Notice PIH 2018-17, however, lays out those instructions in detail: