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Housing Programs

Empire Justice Center (formerly GULP) – quick links to key federal laws, regulations, notices and policies governing federal housing programs.
HUD materials for Limited English Proficient households - includes recertification notices, resident rights and responsibilities brochure, certification of domestic violence, and FAQ on the Housing Choice Voucher program
Wait a Minute: Slowing Down Criminal Activity Eviction Cases to Find the Truth – originally pubished at 41 Clearinghouse Review 55 (May/June 2007), definitive article by Larry McDonough, adjunct law professor and Managing Attorney at Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, on practical steps to defending evictions based on alleged criminal activity in most major federal housing programs, including Public Housing and Section 8 programs.
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Housing Rights Outline for Advocates by NHLP

Programs of HUD 2005: Major Mortgage, Grant, Assistance,
and Regulatory Programs – omnibus 133-page guide to HUD programs with program descriptions, eligibility criteria, which department administers the program and the legal authority upon which the program is based, including where to find information on the web about the program.
General HUD Program Regulations (24 CFR § 5) @ e-CFR
Regulations for Programs Administered by Public and Indian Housing (PIH)

Consolidated Plans
- Community Planning and Development Program Formula Allocations for FY 2007
- Consolidated Planning Process – links to consolidated plan regs, executive summaries, and other con plan info.
- Consolidated Plan Regulations
- Executive Summaries of Con Plans in California – look here for official summary of your city’s and/or county’s Consolidated Plan.
- State and Local Consolidated Plans

HOME Investment Partnerships Program
- HOME Statute and Regulations
- HUD Guidance | Information on HOME

HUD Subsidized Multifamily Programs
- Fact Sheet for HUD Project Based Section 8 Residents: How Your Rent is Determined
- HUD Descriptions of Multifamily Programs
- HUD Handbook 4350.3 (Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs)
- HUD Multifamily Model Leases
- HUD Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project (RHIIP)
- HUD Subsidized Project Search (California)
- Preservation of At-Risk Housing
  - Housing Preservation @ National Housing Law Project
  - See Preservation of HUD-Subsidized Multifamily Housing for California authorities and resources.
- Restrictions on Students in Multifamily Project Based Section 8 Fact Sheet
- Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments for New Construction regulations (24 CFR §880 et seq.)
- Evictions from Multifamily Housing Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 247 et seq.)
- Section 202 and Section 811 Programs Regulations (Supportive Housing for Elderly | Disabled) (24 CFR § 891)
- Tenant Participation in Multifamily Programs Regulations (24 CFR § 245)

Public Housing | Conventional Housing
- Advocates’ Guide to the Public Housing Community Service / Self-Sufficiency Requirement in California (30 pages) – prepared by Bay Area Legal Aid and the National Housing Law Project.
- Earned Income Disregard
  - Earned Income Disregard (EID) Packet @ National Housing Law Project
  - HUD FAQs and training examples – from NHLP’s EID packet, above.
  - LSNC Earned Income Disregard PowerPoint – web-based PowerPoint Presentation adapted from NHLP packet; also available to download as a PowerPoint *.ppt file.
- HOPE VI: Revitalization and Demolition of Severely Distressed Public Housing @ NHLP
- HUD Guidance/Information on Public Housing
- Public Housing Authority Profiles – list for all 50 states, with info about local PHA’s, including basic data re number of units, fiscal year, and score on HUD’s “report card.”
- Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook
- Public Housing Reform Overview – helpful HUD information on the application of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act.
  - Admission and Occupancy FAQs
  - Rent Determinations FAQs
- Lease and Grievance Procedures Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 966 et seq.)
- Public Housing Admission and Occupancy Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 960 et seq.)
- Tenant Participation/Opportunities Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 964 et seq.)

Public Housing Authority (PHA) Plans
- HUD Guidance, Policy, Instructions, Templates and Forms
- Public Housing Authority Profiles – list for all 50 states, with info about local PHA’s, including basic data re number of units, fiscal year, and score on HUD’s “report card.”
- PHA Plan Regulations (24 CFR § 903 et seq.)
- Sample Analyses of PHA Plans
  - LSNC Comments re SHRA Plan (November 2, 1999) – detailed, 38-page analysis of substantive and procedural deficiencies in the proposed SHRA Comprehensive Agency Plan.
  - Pearson’s PHA Data | Resources Checklist (1999) – reality checklist for analyzing Public Housing Authority Annual Plans.