Revised HUD Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide Posted for Public Comment

On Feb. 28, 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the draft revised Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide for public comment. The Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide is HUD’s comprehensive guidance for renewing expiring Section 8 contracts.

As part of these revisions HUD is advising owners/operators that Section 9-23 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide describes HUD’s proposed revision to address when rents in a Rent Comparability Study (RCS) exceed 110 percent of the median gross rent by zip code.

The draft Guide can be found at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/mfh/mfhsec8 under the section “What’s New.”

Those interested in making comments should submit those comments electronically by April 30, 2014 to Section8RenewalGuide@hud.gov. Comments must specifically identify the section number, page and paragraph number to which they refer.

Contact: Ken Harris, kharris@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8835