LeadingAge National hosts call with REAC Deputy Assistant Secretary David Vargas; inspections may not resume until the fall, and senior housing properties would be excluded from initial return to inspections.

In the first of HUD’s new NSPIRE workgroup series, HUD staff hosted discussions among stakeholders and previewed new ideas for adapting the demonstration program because of health concerns.

As of March 18^th, HUD has restarted routine processing and approval of Section 202 PRAC rent adjustments to increase Reserve for Replacement deposits using updated procedures.

HUD has proposed changing PRACs to five-year renewals with Operating Cost Adjustment Factors. Your feedback is requested!

LeadingAge National summarizes FY21 HUD request, which would eliminate the HOME and CDBG programs and the national Housing Trust Fund; essentially eliminate public housing as we know it today; cut homeless assistance grants; and fail to provide enough funding for voucher renewals in FY21.

Guidance clarifies “how housing providers can comply with the Fair Housing Act when assessing a person’s request to have an animal in housing to provide assistance because of a disability.”

Given the number of Section 202 communities with PRACs that requested larger rent increases to prepare for recapitalization in FY 2019, HUD plans to develop new guidance for HUD staff to evaluate these requests and prioritize those properties with the greatest need.

HUD is asking organizations to volunteer to participate in the Demonstration of its National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate model.