The Development Team Reference Guide is intended to assist non profit sponsor organizations who have received a fund reservation from the New York office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop housing with supportive services for very low income elderly under the HUD Section 202 program or for very low income persons with disabilities under the HUD Section 811 program.

The Challenge

In 2002, HUD promulgated a very specific and tight timeframe for the expenditure of awarded Section 202 and Section 811 funds. Successful sponsors who have received a fund reservation letter from HUD to develop a project must immediately turn to the next task: to prepare a complete application for a firm commitment.

As illustrated in the flow chart at the top of the screen, there are a number of critical milestones that must be reached to get to the final closing. After the award of the fund reservation, sponsors cannot go it alone, but should work with a development team of professionals, to include an architect, general contractor, housing consultant, attorney and management agent, who will assist the sponsor to develop an economically feasible housing project, obtain all approvals necessary to start construction, complete the construction process, achieve full occupancy and stable operations, and conclude a final closing. 

How the Guide Can Help  

The Guide makes use of the editor's twenty-five years of experience as a housing consultant to provide you with an explanation of the major development milestones from fund reservation through final closing, and the Guide leads you through the process.

In light of the tighter timeframe required by HUD to get projects up and running, it is particularly important for sponsors and development team members to have HUD information at hand. The Guide assembles and/or has links to key HUD 202 and 811 handbooks, notices, handouts and forms from both the NY Multifamily HUB office and from HUDCLIPS (www.hud.gov), all on one web site. Moreover, the Guide is organized so that the sponsor and development team members learn what is required of them at each step of the process. Links to forms and other documents that are to be submitted to HUD are provided in the text where they can be accessed with a click of the mouse. Most forms can be filled in directly on the computer, and wherever applicable, the Guide provides comments for completing the forms.

            Who Can be Assisted by the Guide?

•   Sponsors and Owner Corporations
•   Architects
•   General Contractors
•   Management Agents
•   Housing Consultants
•   Project Attorneys 
•   Others who are involved in the Section 202 and Section 811 process          

          What Can the Guide Help You Do?

• Get essential information about the HUD Section 202 and Section 811 application process and the steps from Fund Reservation to Final Closing

• Access fillable and annotated HUD forms

• Look up key 202 and 811 terms in the Practical Guide

• Link to key HUD web sites, Handbooks and Notices

• Keep up to date on current news and changes to processing at the New York Multifamily HUB Office

• Get insight into the HUD 202 and 811 programs

• Read articles that appeal to your "technical side" in "Tech Talk"
   

   What's New in the Guide?  (Dates reflect when posted in the Guide)

• August 30, 2011. See HUD Notice H 2011-18: Updated Processing Guidance for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Programs.  Click on HUD Notices on the menu to the left of your screen and scroll down to the Notice cited above.

• August 11, 2011. See revised HUD guidance on requirements and documents for  the Pre-Construction Conference. Click on HUD NY Multifamily HUB Handouts on the menu to the left of your screen and then scroll down to Pre-Construction Construction HUD Handout, 2011.

• March 1, 2011. See revised HUD guidance on Preparing for Initial Occupancy and PRAC Execution. Click on Project Rental Assistance Contract under Milestones on the menu at the left of your screen.

• December 26, 2006. HUD conducted its NY Multifamily Winter Workshop covering a range of management topics and updates on December 7th, 2006 that impact Section 202 and Section 811 projects. Click on HUD Winter Mgt Workshop FY2006 under "Resources" at the left of your screen to view or download documents that were distributed.

• December 12, 2006. HUD conducted its annual Project Planning Conference on December 8, 2006 for awardees of FY2006 Section 202/811 fund reservations. Click on to Project Planning Conference to view or download the documents that were distributed.

• November 15,2006. Revised Organization Chart  for HUD NY Staff.

• October 31, 2006. Federal Register Notice of Opportunity to Register Early for SuperNOFA. The Notice contains the step-by-step registration process for new applicants or for updating a registration for applicants that have previously registered. Also, there is a review of corrective actions to problems that had affected applications in FY2006 and a list of do's and don'ts. 

• September 11, 2006. Click to view or download updated Form HUD-92485, Permission to Occupy.

• August 29, 2006. Issued June 8, 2006, click to view Notice 06-06, "Reinstatement of Policy Permitting Increases of Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) Reservations Prior to Occupancy Under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program". 

• August 15, 2006. Issued July 26, 2006, click to view Notice 06-10, "Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Operating Cost Standards-Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities".

• July 3, 2006.  General contractors for Section 202 and Section 811 (Independent Living) projects with 12 or more units are required to comply with Davis-Bacon procedures regarding payment of prevailing wages and reporting to HUD. As a resource for general contractors: click on the HUD Guide, Making Davis-Bacon Work, published in 2004.

• June 29, 2006. Starting July 1, 2006, HUD will require electronic filing of Previous Participation Certificates (2530's) under the Active Partners Performance System (APPS). Paper 2530's will no longer be acceptable.  Click on the following link in the Development Team Reference Guide to view or download the APPS Users' Guide and APPS Quick Tips. 

• April 26, 2006. See current income limits (FY2006) for Section 202/811.

• March 15, 2006. Revised Form HUD-92457, HUD Survey Instructions and Report. Click on HUD Forms.

• January 20, 2006. See attached the HUD Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to the FY 2006 SuperNOFA.

• September 13, 2005. Final Rule on mixed-financing for Section 202 and Section 811. Click on "Description of Section 202 and Section 811 Programs" to read or download the Federal Register publication.

• August 2, 2005. At a conference held at HUD on June 30, 2005, the process for requests for withdrawals from the Reserve Fund for Replacements was reviewed. See attached Bookletter #6, dated May 1, 2005, for detailed information.

• August 2, 2005. At the June 30, 2005 HUD conference, revised requirements on the preparation of the Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan were reviewed. Click on the 14-part handout on Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing, distributed by HUD at the conference.

• July 15, 2005. If a bank is resistant to executing the Form HUD-92464 for see an alternative procedure acceptable to HUD for processing betterment change orders.

From the Editor 
I'm Richard Silverblatt, the guy behind the "bright idea guy" that you will see throughout the Development Team Reference Guide. 

I have been a housing consultant for over 25 years working with non-profit organizations, their development teams and the HUD New York Office on Section 202 and 811 housing projects. I thought it was time to "put it all together," and share what I have learned in an online Guide. 

The insights into the HUD programs that I have acquired have been a result of working with very thoughtful, dedicated and knowledgeable people -- both my colleagues in the public and private sector as well as my clients, the non profit organizations who, with unflagging commitment and spirit, continue to create and operate this needed housing. I have had great satisfaction working with and learning from them all--and I continue to do so.

An important goal of the Guide is to support the efforts of Sponsors and development team members who are working on Section 202 or Section 811 projects on a daily basis. In an attempt to achieve that end, the Guide will strive to provide information that is up to date, accessible and relevant.  I welcome your feedback and questions by email at contact@rsaguides.com.

 

A resident of New York City, Richard was graduated from Columbia College in New York and has received a Master of Urban Planning degree from New York University.
 

The Guide is not intended as a substitute for specific requirements in Federal Regulations or applicable handbooks, notices or other official publications. The Guide presents a general view and it is not intended to be a replacement for advice from members of the Development Team, the Sponsor and HUD staff or other public officials on specific issues affecting specific projects. Visitors to this website who are developing projects in other HUB offices should confirm that procedures described here are applicable in those other offices.  Neither rsaguides.com nor Richard Silverblatt Associates, Inc. accepts any liability for the use of any information provided in this Guide.