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• Presidents Forum: New Law Includes Noteworthy Provisions for Housing Authorities
  Congress Enacts Some Small HA Relief

• Senators Seeking Supplemental Funds for Public Housing
  Contact Your Senators Now

• Contact Congress Over Rest of Summer

• HUD Outlines Year Three Stop-Loss Application Process
  Notice 2008-31 Ambiguous as to Use of Capital Funds for Central Office Costs

• Senate Appropriations Directs Its Limited Funds to Other Crises

• Public Housing’s 2008 Funding Woes Continue
  HUD Distributes 6.5% Less Operating Fund in 3rd Quarter than in Each of the First Two

• President's Forum: HUD Appropriations Process Underway
  HAs Should Use Summertime, PHADA Meeting to Reach Out to Congress

• Clouds on the Voucher Horizon

• President’s Forum: Budget Challenge for HAs: Predicting the Unpredictable
  Department Now Says Final Proration Will Not be Available Until Late 2008

• FY 2009 T-THUD Appropriations Process Underway
  Subcommittee Chair Olver Leads Effort to Restore HUD Budget

• House Authorizing Committee Passes Three Housing Related Bills
  Asset Management, Lead Blood Levels and Veterans Housing Bills Approved

• Uses and Impacts of Public Housing Flat Rents

• HUD Changes Phased In Management Fee Guidance
  Website Posting Establishes Safe Harbors and Authorizes Cost Allocation Until 2011

• Greening Public Housing

• President’s Forum: Moving Forward in Significant Ways
  Recent membership meeting in New Orleans affirms a bylaw revision to allow Affiliate Members

• REAC Inspections Panel Draws Crowd in New Orleans
  Speakers Offer Tips on Faulty HUD Program

• SEVRA Update

• Asset Management Issues Dominate Industry Meeting with HUD
  Inflation Factor Also Discussed with Paula Blunt

• In Memory of Bob Neill, Former PHADA President

• President’s Forum: A Mid-Year Report From PHADA President John Johnson

• Senate Hears from Secretary-Designate Steven Preston
  Committee Seeks Quick Confirmation

• Housing Authorities and Impacts of the Credit Crisis

• Housing Authority Rental Income Increasing Faster than Inflation
  Revenue Helps Avoid Deeper Prorations

• Presidents Forum: PHADA to Recognize Scholarship Winner at Annual Convention
  Jeremy deGuzman is from Denville, New Jersey

• HUD Sponsors the First Annual Moving to Work Conference

• HA Development Leaders Gather in Pittsburgh
  Innovators Encourage HAs to Start Developing Now

• PHADA Proposes Changes to Public Housing’s Utility Funding System
  Freezing the Rolling Base Consumption Level for 20 Years Would Provide a Genuine Incentive to Reduce Energy Usage

• President Bush Nominates Steve Preston as HUD Secretary

• President’s Forum: HUD Says It Needs More Resources To Meet Performance Expectations
  PIH Budget Documents Reveal Arguments Similar to PHADA’s

• Senate Holds SEVRA Hearing
  PHADA Sr. Vice President Curt Hiebert Testifies About MTW Value

• PHADA Members Increase Use of the Legislative Action Center

• PHADA Examines Stop-Loss Decisions
  Early Results Generally Positive but System Remains Subjective

• Bollinger Foundation Seeks Nominations for Scholarship Grants

• Expedited Waivers Produce Little So Far
  Waivers Largely Confined to MASS and RASS

• President’s Forum: PHADA Gets Ready for Annual Convention and Exhibition in New Orleans

• PIH Notice 2008-18 Provides Additional Information on PHAS Revisions
  HUD Also Extends Comment Period on Form HUD 5834 until June 30, 2008

• HUD Puts Obstacles in Path of 400 Unit Agencies Electing Asset Management Exemption
  Guidance Posted on How to Notify HUD

• PHADA Submits Comments on HUD’s Proposed IPA Roster
  Over 75 Comments; Most Oppose the Proposal

• New Orleans is “Jazzed” for PHADA’s 2008 Annual Convention and Exhibition - June 1-4

• The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA)
  Side by Side Comparisons

• HUD Implements Two Asset Management Provisions from 2008 Appropriations Act
  Notice 2008-16 Describes Capital Fund Flexibility for Central Office Costs and Conversion Option for Agencies with 400 or Fewer Units

• Questions Persist Concerning HUD’s Inflation Factor Calculations
  Department Appears to Use Out of Date Information When Inflating PELs

• President’s Forum: Housing More Prominent in National Policy Discussion

• Exception Payment Standards as Reasonable Accommodations

• HUD Publishes Updated Information on IPA Enforcement Activity

• HUD Investigations, New Allegations Surface in Senate Hearings
  Sen. Casey’s Philadelphia Questions Go Unanswered

• Congress Working on FY 2009 Budget Resolution
  Individual Appropriations Bills To Come Later

• House Committee Casts HUD Powerless in Budget Process
  OMB Holds Answers to HUD Budget Questions

• Senator Dodd Introduces a Senate Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA)
  Hearings Planned in April

• HUD Plans to Conduct New Public Housing Capital Needs Assessment
  Report Will Compare Current Backlog to 1998 Level

• PIH Reply to Housing Industry Comments Following January 2008 Meeting

• HUD Issues Additional Information on Proposed PHAS Changes
  Releases New Form for Management Reviews, HUD 5834

• President’s Forum: Giving Credit When Credit is Due - Asst. Secretary Has An Open Door
  HUD-PIH Heeds Some of PHADA’s Suggestions on PHAS, Other Matters

• HUD to Create a Roster of Acceptable Independent Public Accountants

• Some HAs May Have Encumbered Public Housing Assets Improperly
  HUD Reminds HAs of Existing Rules and Guidance

• Keeping Media on Agency “To Do” List
  Using CapWiz to Define Your Agency

• A Closer Look at HUD’s 2009 Budget
  Public Housing Funding Reduced

• House T-THUD Appropriations Subcommittee Holds HUD Budget Hearing
  Secretary Jackson Defends Administration Request

• President’s Forum: Industry Groups Collaborate on Key Issues
  PHADA Working Closely with CLPHA, NAHRO

• Vermont HA See Results through PHADA’s Legislative Action Center

• Texas Housing Foundation Strikes Out On its Own
  Small Agency Ends Development Chokehold

• HUD Modifies Year 2 Stop-Loss Submission
  Abbreviated Package Authorized for April 15, 2008 deadline

• 50058 Submission Requirements and Sanctions

• PHADA Wants Your Property and Event Photos

• PHADA Seeks PH Role in Economic Stimulus Package
  Association Makes Its Case to Congressional Leadership

• President’s Forum: HUD’s Incapacity Hurting More HAs – PHADA Conveys Concerns to PIH

• HUD Changes 3rd Party Verification Standards

• Op Fund’s ‘Frozen Income’ Provision Provides Opportunities for Revenue

• HUD’s REAC Inspections Fail At Quality and Consistency
  REAC Inspectors Get New Bulletin

• HUD’s Flawed Inspections Leave Unanswered Questions

• 2007 Bollinger Scholarship Winner Barbaratta Whitaker Earns 4.0 at Howard University

• President Signs 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
  Includes Two Important Asset Management Provisions

• Final 2008 Appropriations Act Contains Funding & Asset Management Provisions PHADA Vigorously Pursued
  Congress Boosts Operating Fund by More Than $300 Million

• Legislative Prospects for 2008

• Paula Blunt Named Head of HUD PIH

• HUD Publishes an Administrative Reform Initiative Interim Report