HOTMA Final Rule
HUD published Notice PIH 2024-38 notifying PHAs which income provisions of Section 104/104 must be adopted no later than July 1, 2025.
All other HOTMA provisions not identified remain on hold.
HUD sent an email to executive directors stating PHAs are not required to comply with HOTMA 102/104 by January 1, 2025.
No HOTMA implementation date was provided.
HUD issued a notice rescinding Notice PIH 2024-12.
No HIP implementation timeline was provided.
In an email to executive directors, HUD delayed the transition from IMS/PIC to HIP and did not provide a timeline for HIP implementation.
HUD issued Notice PIH 2024-12 stating that the transition from IMS/PIC to HOTMA was set to occur in late Summer/early Fall 2024.
HUD published FAQs stating certain HOTMA provisions are not dependent on transitioning to HIP, and PHAs may optionally implement them immediately.
HUD published the HOTMA implementation notice (PIH 2023-27) reiterating that each PHA will set its own compliance date as early as January 1, 2024, but no later than January 1, 2025.
HUD updated the notice and added technical corrections on February 2, 2024.
In an email to executive directors, HUD delayed the compliance date, stating, "PHAs must bring their programs into compliance with the HOTMA final rule as quickly as possible, but no later than January 1, 2025."
HUD published a Final Rule revising regulations related to income, assets, and adjusted income as described in Sections 102 and 104 of HOTMA, with new income and asset regulations in Section 102/104 effective January 1, 2024.
Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) signed into law.
Title I contains 14 sections that impact the public housing and Section 8 programs, among others.
HUD published consolidated payment standard guidance for the HOTMA Voucher final rule in Notice PIH 2024-34.
Effective date of the HOTMA Voucher Final Rule
Notice PIH 2024-19 clarified that while many new changes require changes to the PHA's administrative plan, PHAs are not required to make all revisions needed to bring existing policies into compliance until 6/6/25 (one year after the effective date of the rule).
Delayed compliance date for policies does not authorize delayed compliance with the provisions of the rule.
Final Rule implementing streamlining changes to HCV and PBV by codifying certain provisions in Sections 101, 105, 106, and 112 of HOTMA, as well as incorporating some changes from the NSPIRE Final Rule.
Known as the "HOTMA Voucher Final Rule."
Welcome to our resource page for the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA). As HUD continues to develop and update HOTMA and its implementation plan, NMA is hard at work to keep our trainings, our products, and your PHA updated as well.
HUD is discussing the feasibility of delaying the compliance date for Sections 102 and 104 of HOTMA in part to allow for HOTMA-compliant 2024 versions of the 50058 forms to be developed in HIP. As you know, under the current requirements, PHAs must set a compliance date no later than January 1, 2025.
Latest news:
- February 12: Our HCV Master Book is fully updated for HOTMA.
- February 10: Which parts of HOTMA are effective when? Answered on our blog.
- January 7: Our annual revision of the Model ACOP is fully updated for HOTMA, including Notice PIH 2024-38 below.
- December 18: Notice PIH 2024-38 identifies which income and assets provisions from Sections 102 and 104 of HOTMA your PHA must comply with no later than July 1, 2025.
- Please note, HUD guidance on unemployment income has changed. See our June 3 FAQ.
