The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued a notice titled Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Program – Temporary Compliance Assistance (PIH 2013-03).
The notice establishes temporary guidelines for how public housing agencies (PHAs) can fulfill program requirements in light of their diminished resources. Among other provisions, the notice:
- Allows for optional streamlined annual reexamination for “elderly families” and “disabled families” on fixed incomes; and
- Allows PHAs to establish a payment standard of not more than 120 percent of the fair market rent without HUD approval as a reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.
These temporary guidelines are in effect through March 31, 2014.