I understand why Owners of HUD subsidized properties and Management companies are sometimes afraid to spend money on training their staff. Some folks had some questions about whether or not the classes would be considered HUD approved training expenses and others had concerns they are afraid to spend too much on training for fear their [...]
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Based on the most recent TRACS industry meeting, we were told about the new schedule for the release of TRACS 202D. As always this schedule is subject to change but for now the scheduled stands: Vendor Testing is to commence on: December 1 – This means that the affordable housing software vendors, Contract Administrators and [...] Housing Notice 2011-21, Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System, was issued today, August 19, 2011. This Notice supersedes Notices H 2008-03, H 2009-20, and H 2010-10. The Notice is posted on our website at: http://www.ahtcsonline.com/Industry Links/HUD Notices/HUD_Notice-H11-21.pdf. The revised Notice: Clarifies that IPAs may use printed EIV documents when auditing an owner’s compliance (An IPA is [...] I recently read the most appalling article where HUD brought charges to the owner of a five-unit apartment building in Lebanon, NH, for violating the Fair Housing Act because the landlord allegedly refused to rent one of the units to a family with children. HUD is pursuing these charges on behalf of a mother with [...] In the past year or so I have had two clients who after several months of having their vouchers revised by their CA, were not given any reason for the revision and when they inquired as to why their voucher was revised they were simply told to “figure it out on their own”. I got [...] Let us discuss which EIV reports should be maintained in the file. There is no doubt that HUD’s RHIIP initiative (through EIV) has done a great job to reduce over-payments and underpayments to HUD. On the other hand, a great responsibility has been added to the O/A in regard to HUD reporting. I must say, [...] In today’s TRACS 202d working group conference call, progress was made in our discussion of the MAT 202d MAT User Guide. Clarification and some discussion made understanding the changes much more clearer. Policy changes are also still in the works and HUD has been working very closely and most importantly very cooperatively (as they usually [...] Although this is not yet a requirement, it is obvious that there is a push in the affordable housing industry to reduce the amount of times the SSN is disclosed in the tenant file to minimize the risk of identity fraud. We were told during a recent TRACS Industry meeting that the SSN will not [...] |
           
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