Northwest Regional Housing Authority
114 Sisco Ave
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PO Box 2568
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Harrison, AR 72602
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870.741.9234
HUD NOTICE PIH 2020-5
The chart below summarizes the waivers authorized under HUD Notice PIH 2020-5 issued on April 10th 2020. Through HUD Notice PIH 2020-13 issued on July 2nd, 2020, Northwest Regional Housing Authority is required to post this information to the public.
| Item | Statutory and regulatory waivers | Summary of alternative requirements | Availability Period Ends | Did PHA implement waiver and alternative requirement? | Date of PHA adoption |
| PH and HCV-1 PHA 5-Year and Annual Plan | Statutory Authority Section 5A(a)(1), Section 5A(b)(1), Section 5A(g), Section 5A(h)(2) Regulatory Authority §§ 903.5(a)(3), 903.5(b)(3), 903.21 | > Alternative dates for submission > Changes to significant amendment process | > Varies based on FYE > 7/31/20 | Yes | 4/14/20 |
| PH and HCV-2 Family Income and Composition: Delayed Annual Reexaminations | Statutory Authority Section 3(a)(1) Regulatory Authority § § 982.516(a)(1), 960.257(a) | > Permits the PHA to delay the annual reexamination of income and family composition > HCV PHAs must implement HCV-7 for impacted families if they implement this waiver | > 12/31/20 | Yes | 4/14/20 |
| PH and HCV-3 Annual Reexamination; Income Verification Requirements | Regulatory Authority § 5.233(a)(2), Sub-regulatory Guidance PIH Notice 2018-18 | > Waives the requirements to use the income hierarchy, including the use of EIV, and will allow PHAs to consider self-certification as the highest form of income verification > PHAs that implement this waiver will be responsible for addressing material income discrepancies that may arise later | > 7/31/20 | Yes | 4/14/20 |
| PH and HCV-4 Interim reexaminations | Statutory Authority Section 3(a)(1) Regulatory Authority § 5.233(a)(2), 982.516(c)(2), 960.257(a), (b) and (d) Sub-regulatory Guidance PIH Notice 2018-18 | > Waives the requirement to use the income verification requirements, including the use of EIV, for interim reexaminations | > 7/31/20 | Yes | 4/14/20 |
| PH and HCV-5 Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) Monitoring | Regulatory Authority § 5.233 Sub-regulatory Guidance PIH Notice 2018-18 | > Waives the mandatory EIV monitoring requirements. | > 7/31/20 | Yes | 4/14/20 |
| PH and HCV-6 Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Contract of Participation | Regulatory Authority § 984.303(d) | > Provides for extensions to FSS contract of participation | > 12/31/20 | No | |
| PH and HCV-7 Waiting List | Regulatory Authority § 982.206(a)(2) PIH Notice 2012-34 | > Waives public notice requirements for opening and closing waiting list > Requires alternative process | > 7/31/20 | No | |
| HQS-1 Initial inspection | Statutory Authority Section 8(o)(8)(A)(i), Section 8(o)(8)(C) Regulatory Authority § 982.305(a), 982.305(b), 982.405 | > Changes initial inspection requirements, allowing for owner certification that there are no life-threatening deficiencies > Where self-certification was used, PHA must inspect the unit no later than October 31, 2020. | > 7/31/20 > 10/31/20 | ||
| HQS-2: PBV Pre-HAP Contract Inspections, PHA acceptance of completed units | Statutory Authority: Section 8(o)(8)(A) Regulatory Authority: §§ 983.301(b), 983.156(a)(1) | > Changes inspection requirements, allowing for owner certification that there are no life-threatening deficiencies > Where self-certification was used, PHA must inspect the unit no later than October 31, 2020. | > 7/31/20 > 10/31/20 | ||
| HCV-7 Increase in Payment Standard | Regulatory Authority § 982.505(c)(4) | > Provides PHAs with the option to increase the payment standard for the family at any time after the effective date of the increase, rather than waiting for the next regular reexamination to do so. | >12/31/20 | ||
| HCV-8 Utility Allowance Schedule | Regulatory Authority § 982.517 | > Provides for delay in updating utility allowance schedule | > 12/31/20 | ||
| HCV-9 Homeownership Counseling | Statutory Authority Section 8(y)(1)(D) Regulatory Authority § 982.630, 982.636(d) | > Waives the requirement for the family to obtain pre-assistance counseling | > 7/31/20 | ||
| HCV-10 FUP | Statutory Authority Section 8(x)(2) | > Allows PHAs to increase age to 26 for foster youth initial lease up | > 12/31/20 | ||
| PH-1 Fiscal closeout of Capital Grant Funds | Regulatory Authority § 905.322(b) | > Extension of deadlines for ADCC and AMCC | Varies by PHA | NO | |
| PH-2 Total Development Costs | Regulatory Authority § 905.314(c) | > Waives the TDC and HCC limits permitting approval of amounts in excess of published TDC by 25% to 50% on a case by case basis | Applies to development proposals submitted to HUD no later than December 31, 2021 | NO | |
| PH-3 Cost limitations | Regulatory Authority § 905.314(j) | > Allows for the use of force account labor for modernization activities in certain circumstances | > 12/31/20 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| PH-4 ACOP | Regulatory Authority § 960.202(c)(1) | > Changes to approval process for ACOP | > 7/31/20 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| PH-5 CSSR | Statutory Authority Section 12(c) Regulatory Authority § 960.603(a) and 960.603(b) | > Temporarily suspends CSSR | > 3/31/21 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| PH-6 Energy Audits | Regulatory Authority § 965.302 | > Allows for delay in due dates of energy audits | One year beyond 2020 audit deadline | YES | 04/14/20 |
| PH-7 Over-income families | Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Final Implementation of the Public Housing Income Limit 83 FR 35490 Notice: Notice PIH 2019-11 | > Changes to timeframes for determination of over-income | > 12/31/20 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| PH-8 Resident Council Elections | Regulatory Authority § 964.130(a)(1) | > Provides for delay in resident council elections | > 7/31/20 | NO | |
| PH-9 Utility Allowance | Regulatory Authority § 965.507 | > Provides for delay in updating utility allowance schedule | > 12/31/20 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| PH-10 Tenant notifications | Regulatory Authority § 966.5 | > Advance notice not required except for policies related to tenant charges | > 7/31/20 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| 11a PHAS | Regulatory Authority 24 CFR Part 902 | > Allows for alternatives related to inspections > PHA to retain prior year PHAS score unless requests otherwise | HUD will resume issuing new PHAS scores starting with PHAs with FYE dates of 3/31/21 | N/A | N/A |
| 11b SEMAP | Regulatory Authority 24 CFR Part 985 | > PHA to retain prior year SEMAP score unless requests otherwise | HUD will resume issuing new SEMAP scores starting with PHAs with FYE dates of 3/31/21 | N/A | N/A |
| 11c Financial reporting | Regulatory Authority §§ 5.801(c), 5.801(d)(1) | > Allows for extensions of financial reporting deadlines | Varies by PHA FYE | YES | 04/14/20 |
| 12a Form HUD 50058 | Regulatory Authority 24 CFR Part 908, § 982.158 Sub-regulatory Guidance PIH Notice 2011-65 | > Waives the requirement to submit 50058 within 60 days > Alternative requirement to submit within 90 days of the effective date of action | > 12/31/20 | YES | 04/14/20 |
| 12b Designated housing plan | Statutory Authority Section 7(e)(1) | > Allows for HUD to delay notification about designated housing plan | > 7/31/20 | N/A | N/A |
| 12c Deadline for reporting Operating and Capital Fund expenditures | Statutory Authority Section 9(j) Regulatory Authority § 905.306(d)(5) | > Provides a one-year extension | One-year extension, however no programmatic expenditure end date shall be extended beyond one month prior to closure of relevant appropriations acc | NO |
The source of the above notice was taken from the PDF document PIH2020-05