87 FR 164 pgs. 52393-52410 - Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Administrative Fees for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Mainstream, and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs for Calendar Year 2022
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 164Pages: 52393 - 52410
Pages: 52393, 52394, 52395, 52396, 52397, 52398, 52399, 52400, 52401, 52402, 52403, 52404, 52405, 52406, 52407, 52408, 52409, 52410Docket number: [Docket No. FR-6328-N-01]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-18301 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Housing and Urban Development Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6328-N-01]
Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Administrative Fees for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Mainstream, and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs for Calendar Year 2022
AGENCY:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
As required by the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, this Notice announces the per unit, monthly fee rates to determine the on-going administrative fees for public housing agencies (PHAs) administering the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Mainstream, and Moderate Rehabilitation programs, including Single Room Occupancy, during calendar year (CY) 2022. PHAs use administrative fees to cover costs associated with administering the HCV Program. Publishing the CY 2022 administrative fees allow PHAs to budget appropriately and is important for PHA record keeping purposes. This notice follows HUD's previous publication of the rates on HUD's website and makes no changes to those rates.
DATES:
Applicable: January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miguel A. Fontánez, Director, Housing Voucher Financial Management Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 4222, Washington, DC 20410-8000, telephone number 202-402-2934. (This is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech impaired individuals may call TTY number 1 (800) 877-8337.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
This Notice provides the methodology used to determine the CY 2022 administrative fee rates by area, which HUD uses to determine PHA administrative fees for the HCV, Mainstream Vouchers, Emergency Housing Voucher (Column A rate only) and Moderate Rehabilitation programs, including Single Room Occupancy programs. The HCV Program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Mainstream Vouchers are tenant-based vouchers serving households that include a non-elderly person with a disability, available to PHAs through a competitive Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program was made available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Public Law 117-2, enacted on March 11, 2021. Through EHV, HUD is providing 70,000 housing choice vouchers to local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to assist individuals and families who are homeless, at-risk of homelessness, fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, or were recently homeless or have a high risk of housing instability. The Moderate Rehabilitation Program provides project-based rental assistance for low-income families. The program was repealed in 1991 and no new projects are authorized for development. Assistance is limited to properties previously rehabilitated pursuant to a housing assistance payments (HAP) contract between an owner and a PHA. PHAs are local offices responsible for administering and maintaining Section 8 housing benefits, located across the country.
B. CY 2022 Methodology
For CY 2022, in accordance with the 2022 Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 117-103, 136 Stat. 49), administrative fees are determined based on vouchers leased as of the first day of each month. This data is extracted from the Voucher Management System (VMS) at the close of each reporting cycle and validated prior to use. For Moderate Rehabilitation, including Single Room Occupancy, HAP contracts, administrative fees are earned based on the units under a HAP contract.
In the attached table, two fee rates are provided for each PHA. The first rate, Column A, applies to the first 7200 voucher unit months leased in CY 2022. The second rate, Column B, applies to all remaining voucher unit months leased in CY 2022. In years prior to 2010, Column C applied to all voucher unit months leased in dwelling units owned by the PHA. For CY 2022, as in recent years, there are no Column C administrative fee rates. Fees for leasing PHA-owned units is determined in the same manner and at the same Column A and Column B rates as for all other voucher leasing.
In some cases, the fee rates calculated for CY 2022 are lower than those established for CY 2021. In these cases, the affected PHAs are held harmless at the CY 2021 fee rates.
The fee rates for each PHA generally cover the fees for areas in which the PHA has the greatest proportion of its participants, based on Public Housing Information Center (PIC) data submitted by the PHA. In some cases, PHAs have participants in more than one fee area. If such a PHA chooses, the PHA may request HUD establish a blended fee rate to proportionately consider all areas in which participants are located. Once a blended rate is established, it is used to determine the PHA's fee eligibility for all months in CY 2022. The 2022 HCV Funding Implementation Notice will describe how to apply for blended fee rates and provide a deadline date for submitting such requests. The Notice can be accessed through the following link: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PIH/documents/PIH2022-14.pdf.
PHAs operating over large geographic areas, defined as multiple counties, may request a higher administrative fee rate if eligible. The 2022 HCV Funding Implementation Notice will describe when to apply for higher fee rates and the deadline date for such requests. Higher administrative fee rates differ from blended administrative fee rates in how they are calculated. Requests for higher administrative rates must clearly demonstrate that the PHA's published rate cannot cover their projected expenses. Next, a breakeven rate is calculated to ensure the PHA receives sufficient funds to cover their expenses while also ensuring the administrative fee reserves do not grow.
[top] This Notice identifies the monthly per-voucher-unit fee rates to be used to determine PHA administrative fee eligibility. These fee rates are accessible through the following link: Current fee rates remain posted at: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/
Direct questions to the PHA's assigned representative at the Financial Management Center or the Financial Management Division at PIHFinancialManagementDivision@hud.gov.
C. Moving To Work (MTW) Agencies
Where an MTW Agency has an alternative formula for determining HCV Administrative Fees in Attachment A of their MTW Agreements, HUD calculates the HCV Administrative Fees in accordance with that MTW Agreement provision.
Dominique Blom,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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