Final Multifamily Mailbox: 4350.3 REV-1 Summary of Questions
HUD has released a summary of questions pertaining to Handbook 4350.3 Revision 1. This really is a “must read” document.
The questions were submitted through the online Multifamily Housing Programs mailbox and complete responses were provided by HUD. The summary of questions has been categorized by topic. The document is about 40 pages but has been laid out well and is easy to comprehend.
Some of HUD’s interpretations are enlightening. We would recommend that compliance professionals at your corporations review the information and then distribute pertinent information to site teams.
You can obtain this document from the HUD web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/rhiip/mfhrhiip.cfm or from the RBD web site at http://rbdnow.com/4350links.htm.
The Latest Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project Newsletter
Includes information about:
The Current Status of the PBCA Initiative
The PBCA initiative kicked off in June 2000, with the awarding of PBCA contracts to the states of Michigan and South Dakota. With the recent performance based contract awards to the states of Utah and Nebraska, the Department now has 56 PBCA contracts. There are two states, Washington and New York that have both a PBCA and a PBCA - Participant Administrative Entity (PAE) contract. Massachusetts has a PBCA and a PBCA-Demo Disposition contract.
HUD has achieved its goal of having one performance based contract administrator per state. However, the state of California has two PBCAs administering the eligible project-based Section 8 contracts.
The Income Calculation and Verification Guidance Regarding Medicare Prescription Drug Cards and Transitional Assistance
The joint HUD Notice, Public and Indian Housing (PIH) 2004-24 and Housing 2004-24, titled “Income Calculation and Verification Guidance Regarding Medicare Prescription Drug Cards and Transitional Assistance” was issued on November 10, 2004. This Notice supersedes the joint Notice PIH 2004-11 and H-04-11.
The Notice provides guidance to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs), owners and management agents in determining annual and adjusted income in HUD’s assisted housing programs under the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.
In addition, the Notice now provides guidance on how to verify:
1) That the assisted resident has a Medicare-approved drug discount card, and
2) The pre-discount price of prescription drugs.
The RHIIP Brochure
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs has developed a RHIIP brochure titled, RHIIP & You and RHIIP Information Sheets. The RHIIP brochure is to be used by HUD Field Offices as a handout at meetings or visits to projects, mailed to owners, or used in whatever way is best to get the word out about RHIIP. Individual information sheets have been developed for owners and management agents, tenants, contract administrators and HUD staff.
http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/rhiip/mfhrhiip.cfm
Resident Selection Plan Development
Due to the multitude of requests from our customers, RBD has added a new service designed to assist HUD property managers with the development of compliant resident selection plans. We will have more information on our web site soon!