B2: Management of Housing
Improve the management accountability and physical quality of public and assisted housing. Other Information:
The Department will build on recent successes in improving the management accountability of public and assisted housing. HUD
has instituted a comprehensive evaluation system for the public housing program and assisted multifamily housing program,
and will develop a new system for the evaluation of the Housing Choice Voucher program. The current assessment systems identify
PHAs in need of technical assistance from HUD staff. As a result, the number of units managed by PHAs designated “troubled”
has declined since2003, and HUD will continue to track this measure. The Department also will continue to hold PHAs accountable
through measures that track the timely performance of HOPE VI grants and PHAs’ submission of data to HUD.HUD is committed
to improving the quality of HUD’s public and assisted housing and ensuring that all subsidized families live in units that
meet basic quality standards. By reducing energy consumption and increasing the amount of leveraged private financing, PHAs
can free up capital and operating funds for the development and modernization of existing properties. Stewardship and preservation
of the current assisted housing stock is critical for achieving this strategic goal. As part of the effort to preserve affordable
housing through the Mark-to-Market program, HUD sets appropriate market-level rents for HUD-assisted housing – thereby eliminating
subsidy overpayments – and incorporates policies and procedures to ensure good management and good physical condition at properties
that have gone through the program.
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