2012 Notices, Rules and Regulations

Overview

Below is a list of PIH notices which provide guidance, extensions, instructions, clarifications, announcements and other policy information. The notices are also available on HUDclips.

Note: HUD announces the end to hard copy mailing of PIH Notices. Notices will be available electronically only and posted on this website.

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2012 Notices

 

Notice

Issued/Expires

Subject/Purpose

PIH 2012-48 (HA)

Issued: November 28, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

HUD Funding for Non-Presidentially Declared Natural Disasters - This Notice provides guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs) regarding the implications of the repeal of Section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on Presidentially and non-Presidentially declared natural disasters.

PIH 2012-45 (TDHEs)

Issued: November 2, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until revoked, superseded or rescinded

Recipient Inspection of Housing Units Assisted Under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) - This Notice modifies and updates the reporting instructions in PIH Notice 2008-32 to bring the information collection requirements current. 

PIH 2012-44 (HA)

Issued: October 25, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

Section Eight Management Assessment Program Guidance - The purpose of the notice is to clarify certain issues regarding the submission, scoring, and appeal process for the Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). 

PIH 2012-41 (HA)

Issued: Sept. 28, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, revoked or superseded

Processing Information for the Submission of Replacement Housing Factor (RHF) Plans - This Notice applies to public housing agencies (PHAs) who are currently receiving or expect to receive Replacement Housing Factor (RHF) grants (also referred to in this Notice as “RHF funds,” especially when referring to more than one year of RHF funding).

PIH 2012-40 (HA)

Issued: Sept. 28, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

Assisted Living Units in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program - This notice applies to all public housing agencies (PHA) that administer theHCV program for families that live in, or wish to live in, assisted living facilities. 

PIH 2012-37 (TDHEs)

Issued: August 26, 2012
Expires: August 31, 2013

Extension – Recipient Inspection of Housing Units Assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) and Those Assisted Under the United States Housing Act of 1937 - This Notice extends for another year Notice PIH 2011-49 (TDHEs), same subject, which will expire on August 31, 2012, for another year until August 31, 2013.

PIH 2012-34 (HA)

Issued: August 13, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

Waiting List Administration - This notice provides guidance on the administration of a Public Housing Agency’s (PHA) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing (PH) waiting lists, on the topics of opening the waiting list, applicant selection, placing applicants on the waiting list, and outreach.

PIH 2012-33 (HA)

Issued: August 8, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

Extension of Notice PIH 2010-51 (HA), Over Subsidization in the Housing Choice Voucher Program - This Notice reinstates Notice PIH 2010-51, which expired on December 31, 2011.

PIH 2012-32 (HA), REV-1
(Technical Corrections to the Second Component)

Issued: July 2, 2013
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

Rental Assistance Demonstration – Final Implementation, Revision 1 - This revised notice (Notice) provides program instructions for the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD or Demonstration), including eligibility and selection criteria.

PIH 2012-31 (HA)

Issued: June 29, 2012
Expires: This notice remains in effect until amended, superseded or rescinded

Assisted housing for persons with disabilities under Olmstead implementation efforts to provide community-based options rather than institutional settings - This guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) describes actions PHAs may take to assist persons with disabilities transitioning from institutions and persons at serious risk of institutionalization access PHA-assisted housing. 

PIH 2012-29

Issued: June 21, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, superseded, or rescinded

Establishing the Passbook Savings Rate - This Notice clarifies program policy related to the passbook savings rate used to determine annual income from net family assets.

PIH 2012-28

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Issued: June 11, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, superseded, or rescinded

State Registered Lifetime Sex Offenders in Federally Assisted Housing - This guidance reiterates owners’ and agents’ (O/As) and Public Housing Agencies’ (PHAs) statutory- and regulatory-based responsibilities to prohibit admission to individuals subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program.

PIH 2012-24

Issued: May 22, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, superseded, or rescinded

Rent to Owners in subsidized projects under the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program - The purpose of this Notice is to provide guidance to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) when determining the rent to owner for an HCV tenancy when the participant family chooses to lease a unit under the HCV program. [...]

PIH 2012-23 (ONAP)

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Issued: May 21, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, superseded, or rescinded

Line of Credit Control System/Voice Response System (LOCCS/VRS) for the Indian Housing Block Grant Program  - This Notice replaces Notice PIH 2011-21 and incorporates recent changes in the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program.  

PIH 2012-22

Issued: May 9, 2012
Expires: Until superseded by successor notice or regulation

Supplemental Information to Application for Assistance Regarding Identification of
Family Member, Friend or Other Persons or Organization Supportive of a Tenant for
Occupancy in HUD Assisted Housing -

This Notice reinstates and extends the 2009 joint Notice issued by the Office of Housing (H) and the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), identified as H 2009-13 or PIH 2009-36.  That HUD Notice was issued to provide guidance to owners and management agents (O/As) and Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) on the implementation of the requirements of Section 644 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Section 644). Under Section 644, O/As and PHAs must provide applicants as part of their application for housing, the option to include information on an individual or organization that may be contacted to assist in providing any delivery of services or special care to applicants who become tenants and to assist with resolving any tenancy issues arising during tenancy.  The HUD Notice also transmitted Form HUD-92006, Supplement to Application for Federally Assisted Housing (Attachment A), which must be included as part of the O/A’s and PHA’s application. For the convenience of the reader the full content of HUD Notice H 2009-13/PIH 2009-36 is provided in this reinstatement notice.

PIH 2012-21

Issued: May 10, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, revoked, or superseded

Financial Reporting Requirements for the Housing Choice Voucher Program Submitted through the Financial Assessment Subsystem for Public Housing and the Voucher Management System - The UniformThe Uniform Financial Reporting Standards (UFRS), at 24 C.F.R. § 5.801, require Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) as defined under 24 C.F.R. § 982.4[1] that administer the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, to submit financial information to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) electronically.

PIH 2012-17

Related attachment

Issued: Feb. 28, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, superseded, or rescinded

Guidelines on Bedbug Control and Prevention in Public Housing - Bedbug infestations have become a serious problem in housing throughout the country.  Public Housing properties are not immune to infestations.  This Notice provides information and references to best practices regarding the prevention and control of bedbug infestations.  It also provides guidance on the rights and responsibilities of HUD, Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and tenants with regard to bedbug infestations.

PIH 2012-15

Issued: Feb. 27, 2012
Expires: Effective until amended, superseded, or rescinded

Streamlining Administrative Practicesin the Housing Choice Voucher Program - This Notice provides guidance on actions public housing agencies (PHAs) administering the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program may take to streamline administrative practices and reduce administrative costs. 

PIH 2012-14

THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY PIH-2016-14 (HA)

Issued: Feb. 24, 2012

Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Guidance on Public Housing salary restrictions in HUD’s Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2012 Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-55) - This notice provides guidance on implementing the provision in HUD’s FFY 2012 Appropriations, P.L. 112-55, that limits the use of FFY 2012 Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Section 9 appropriations to pay salaries to public housing agency (PHA) employees.  This limitation applies to all PHA employees, including chief executive officers, other officials, and any other employees. 

PIH 2012-11

Issued: Feb. 15, 2012

Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Process for Public Housing Agency Voluntary Transfers and Consolidations of Housing Choice Vouchers, Five-Year Mainstream Vouchers, Project-Based Vouchers and Project-Based Certificates - The purpose of this notice is to clarify the circumstances under which HUD will consider a voluntary transfer or consolidation of budget authority (including net restricted assets (NRA), unrestricted net assets (UNA) and other capital assets) and corresponding baseline units for the HCV program (including PBVs, PBCs and MS5) from the divesting PHA’s Consolidated Annual Contributions Contract (CACC) to the receiving or consolidating PHA(s)’ CACC. [...]

PIH 2012-10 (Updated)

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Sample SSA SSN assignment letter

Issued: Feb. 14, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Verification of Social Security Numbers (SSNs), Social Security (SS) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits; and Effective Use of the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System’s Identity Verification Report - This notice explains the procedures public housing agencies (PHAs) are required to use for verifying social security numbers, social security benefits of applicants, participants and household members at the time of application for rental housing assistance programs and during mandatory reexamination of household income, as well as the procedures for effective use of EIV’s Identity Verification Report to reduce subsidy payment and administrative errors.  Similar guidance was issued under notice PIH-2010-03. This notice supersedes the aforementioned notice. [...]

PIH 2012-8

Issued: Feb. 3, 2012

Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Guidance for Obtaining HUD Consent for Takings of Public Housing Property by Eminent Domain - This Notice provides guidance on the factors that HUD will consider in determining whether to consent to a taking of public housing property that was developed/acquired by, or is maintained with funds from the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the “Act”) by a governmental or quasi-governmental body using eminent domain authority (“Taking Body”). [...]
 

PIH 2012-7

Issued: Feb. 2, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Demolition/disposition of public housing and associated requirements for PHA Plans, resident consultation, Section 3 and application processing - To explain application processing requirements in requesting HUD approval to demolish, dispose or both demolish-and-dispose of public housing under Section 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p) (1937 Act). [...]

PIH 2012-6

Issued: Jan. 31, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Recapture Provisions for the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) Funds Authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - The purpose of this Notice is to provide tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) with information on the Native American Housing Block Grant American Recovery and Reinvestmest Act of 2009 (ARRA) recapture provisions. [...]

PIH 2012-5

Issued: Jan. 31, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Implementation of Statutory Change to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) related to Income - The purpose of this Notice is to provide tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHE) who are recipients of federal funds with information about the exclusion of certain veteran’s benefits from income calculations. [...]

PIH 2012-4

Issued: Jan. 1, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Effective Use of the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System’s Deceased Tenants Report to Reduce Subsidy Payment & Administrative Errors - This notice explains the procedures Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) are required to implement to deal with families with deceased household members. [...]

PIH 2012-3

Issued: Jan. 27, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Housing Choice Voucher – Homeownership Option 10 Year Asset Exclusion - This Notice is to remind Public Housing Agencies (PHA) of the regulatory provision regarding how the value of a home purchased under the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) homeownership option (24 CFR 982 Subpart M) is treated for the purpose of determining the family’s annual income. [...]

PIH 2012-2

Issued: Jan. 20, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Guidance on Public Housing Operating Funds - This Notice describes eligible uses of Operating Funds under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the 1937 Act) and the Operating Fund rule (24 CFR 990) for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) who administer the low-rent Public Housing Program. [...]

PIH 2012-1

Issued: Jan. 6, 2012
Expires: Effective until revoked, superseded, or amended

Income Exclusion of Kinship, Kin-GAP and Other Guardianship Care Paymentss - This notice supersedes notices PIH-2008-30 and 2008-40 and clarifies the treatment of income received from Kinship Guardian Assistance Payments (Kin-GAP), kinship care payments, and other guardianship care payments pursuant to 24 CFR § 5.609(c)(2).


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