Q & A Certs/50059’s
Question: A tenant inquired if her $12,000 facelift will qualify as medical deduction. She said she had to do it for her mental well-being. It was not prescribed by her medical primary. Her son paid ...
New HUD Deputy Secretary
Maurice Jones has been sworn in as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 29, 2012.
Ex-Offenders in Affordable Housing
In a HUD memo dated March 14, 2012, Secretary Shaun Donovan and Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing -Federal Housing Commissioner Carol J. Galante are asking that owners of HUD-assisted properties ...
e-Con Planning Suite: New Community Planning Technology
In the past, HUD has required more than 1,200 cities, counties and states to undergo “a paper-based, time-intensive and costly planning process, as a condition of receiving billions of dollars in fede ...
Another Curve Ball Coming With CCR
On May 29, 2012, the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system was scheduled to go away.  CCR, along with other systems, will be migrated into the new System for Award Management (SAM). SAM is com ...
Renewing Your CCR Certification
If you had a CCR number but have not renewed it, please note the following information from HUD’s Theresa Fields:
Your Check Won’t Be In The Mail After This Year!
Even the Associated Press (April 16, 2012) has gotten the word, and has sent out this warning of the March, 2013 deadline:  “Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of ...
Google Chrome
Some people are having problems accessing or updating certain screens within HUD’s Secure Systems (WASS). The common factor seems to be that these users have switched from Internet Explorer to Google ...
Latest Update on PBCAs
Two-year contracts for PBCAs (Performance Based Contract Administrators) in the contested 42 states and territories are currently up for bid using the NOFA (Notice of Funds Availability) process.
Q & A Compliance
Question: When a tenant installs an additional lock on the door in addition to the house lock, are they required to provide the landlord with a copy of the key to the additional lock? Michael in NY