January 24
HUD Issues Notice on Use of Operating Funds
HUD issued PIH Notice 2012-2 on January 20th to provide clarification on the use of Operating Funds after a year of confusion caused by earlier HUD communications around the “allocation adjustment” of housing authority operating reserves. Read more

January 23
PHADA Would Like to Hear Your Suggestions
Public housing agencies face formidable challenges ahead related to federal funding, the federal regulatory burden and the industry’s image relative to other HUD programs. PHADA will soon begin work with other industry groups on a multi-prong and multi-year effort to bring additional influence and improvements to these essential and interrelated public housing needs. Go to form

January 17
HUD Launches New Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Website
HUD has developed a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) website at www.hud.gov/rad. On this new site, HAs will find background materials, authorizing legislation, and examples of the resources that RAD can bring to their community. Read more

Breaking news archives

The drop-down menu below lists a number of important issues and topics relating to public housing. Use it as a resource to read up on past and present articles specific to those topics.


Browse menu to view topics and issues President's Forum Articles FY 2012 HUD Budget Proposed Operating Reserve Offset PIH Notices Comments Small PHA Reform Section Eight Savings Act (SESA) PETRA Rental Housing Revitalization Act (RHRA) FY 2011 HUD Budget American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) PHAS Environment and "Green" Issues Operating Fund Capital Fund Move to Work (MTW) Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) HCV Admin Fee Study Choice Neighborhoods Initiatives (CNI) Executive Compensation Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Testimony Proposed Rules Interim Rules Final Rules NOFAs Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System

Small PHA Reform Toolkit and Publication
Get the latest information on Small PHA Reform

FY 2012 Proposed HUD Budget
Get the latest information on the FY'12 budget

FY 2012 HUD Appropriations Position Paper

2012 Authorizing Legislation Position Paper

HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Website
Provides background materials, authorizing legislation, and examples of resources.

PHADA Issue Briefs

• Operating Reserve Offset
• HUD Plans to Set Metropolitan Fair Market Rents for Very Small Areas
• MTW Success Documented
• Public Housing Energy Conservation Incentive