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 (on the web @ hudclips.org), 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)

• July 1, 2010. See revised Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan, Form HUD-935.2A and other recently updated forms.

• May 12, 2010. See HUD Notice H10-08, Implementation of Refinement of Income and Rent Determination Requirements in Public and Assisted Housing Programs: Implementation of the Enterprise Income Verification System - Amendments; Final Rule 

• January 20, 2010. See updated requirements for NYC HPD Certificate of Completion, required for projects that have purchased City-owned properties for Section 202 or Section 811 projects.

• October 6, 2009. See FY 2009 cost limits for HUD Section 202. See FY cost limits for HUD Section 811.

• June 1, 2009. HUD has new additional requirements for owners upon receipt  of a PRAC .

• April 15, 2009 Project Planning Conference at HUD, February 26, 2009. Click to see updated HUD guidelines regarding the development 202/811 projects.

• January 23, 2009. In the Federal Register, November 24, 2008, HUD published a Notice of Fund Availability for Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects Designated for Occupancy by the Elderly. Funds will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Applications are to be submitted electronically. See eligibility requirements in the Federal Register.

• January 15, 2009. In the Federal Register, December 12, 2008, HUD extended the deadline to February 18, 2009 for submitting an application for a Section 202 Pre-Development  Grant.

• November 19, 2008. Updated Initial Closing forms and requirements. 

• July 28, 2008. Click on revised General Contractor's Cost Certification requirements from HUD.

• May 22, 2008. In the Federal Register, May 12, 2008, HUD has published new development cost limits applicable to Section 202 and Section 811 funding for projects in the FY2008 SuperNOFA.

• April 1, 2008. Click to view/download FY 2008 Income Limits.

• January 7, 2008. Click on HUD Handbooks  (see menu to the left of the screen under Resources) to view or download updated HUD handbooks as a Word file or as a PDF based on new formatting of the HUDCLIPS website.

• July 23, 2007. Update of Handbook 4350.3, Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily  Housing Programs.      

• July 3, 2007. Under the recently enacted Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007, HUD has suspended mandatory electronic filing of the previous participation certificates until a new rule is published and implemented by HUD. In the menu item "HUD Forms" to the left of the screen, click on Form HUD-2530 to view or download the most recently published paper 2530 with notes as to required information to be included.

• May 16, 2007. There are new published guidelines from HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development in HUD NY HUB Handouts that impact on Section 202 and Section 811 projects:  Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan, determination if project is within federally designated zones, and required submission documents and information related to compliance with the Uniform Relocation Act.

• February 16, 2007. For additional APPS guidance, click on  Previous Participation Certification in the HUD NY HUB Handouts page to view phone Helplines, view and download APPS written guidelines and to download an APPS animated tutorial.

• February 8, 2007. See revised Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing AFHM Plan-Multifamily Housing. Click on HUD Forms under "Resources" at the left of your screen to view or download document. Scroll down to Form HUD-935.2a.

• 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.

• 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". 

• 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.

• 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.