Master Book - Public Housing

NMA Public Housing (PH) Master Book

This master book is an indispensable reference tool for all PHA staff and laid out in an easy-to-follow format that assists staff understand and apply complex HUD regulations and requirements. This master book includes:

• An overview of the public housing program
• Eligibility determination and occupancy standards
• Waiting list management
• Intake and tenant selection and suitability
• Determining income, assets, and allowances
• Total tenant payments (TTP) and rent calculations, including earned income disallowance (EID)
• The leasing process
• Annual and interim examinations
• Terminations
• Pets and service animals in public housing
• Forms including form HUD-50058
• HUD regulations, notices, and memos

Together with the annual revision service, this master book provides complete and current information on the public housing program as laws, regulations, and guidance continue to change. Click here to view the table of contents.

Do you have the most current version of this Master Book?

Below are the issue dates for the previous revisions to the Public Housing (PH) Master Book:

2019: For 2019, the Public Housing Master Book has been brought current with all recent HUD requirements and guidance, including the following:

• Revisions pertaining to Notice PIH 2018-18, which updated HUD’s Verification Hierarchy
• The addition of a new section on establishing minimum heating standards in public housing, as required by Notice PIH 2018-19
• Modifications for Notice PIH 2018-24 on verifying Social Security numbers, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, and the effective use of the EIV Identity Verification Report
• Updates concerning guidance on the treatment of ABLE accounts detailed in Notice PIH 2019-09
• Changes to account for Notice PIH 2019-11, which covers requirements related to the public housing over-income limit
• A clarification per the HUD FAQs on Notice PIH 2012-28 regarding denials of admission for sex offenders when the duration of the registration requirement is less than life
• Other clarifications and modifications to make sure the content is user-friendly, current, and in compliance with all HUD regulations and guidance

You must purchase a NMA Master Book in order to subscribe to the accompanying revision service.  We can initiate a revision service as long as you purchase that revision service before a new revision has been issued. After a new revision is issued, you can initiate (or reinstate) for $189 plus a $75 reinstatement fee.

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