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Helpful Housing Links for Residents

HUD Websites

  • HUD Website – for information about HUD programs
  • HUDCLIPS – for HUD notices and handbooks, regulations, and statutes
  • HUD USER – for HUD research including studies, data/statistics, & reports
  • Office of Multifamily Housing Programs – for information about HUD’s Multifamily programs, including information about Section 8 expiring contracts and Section 8 contract administration

Specific Multifamily links:

Other Government Websites

Other Useful Housing Websites

Tenant Rights/Landlord-Tenant Law Websites

Useful Policy Information for Tenants (Handbooks, Notices & Regulations)

HUD Handbooks (can be found on HUDCLIPS or ordered by calling 1-800-767-7468)

    1. 4350.3 – Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs
    2. 4381.5 – Management Documents, Agents and Fees (see Chapter 4 for good tenants’ rights information)
    3. 4350.1 – Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing
    4. 4315.1 – Multifamily Property Disposition Handbook
    5. 4350.5 – Subsidy Contract Administration and Field Monitoring

HUD Notices (can be found on HUDCLIPS or ordered by calling 1-800-767-7468)

    1. PIH 00-9 - on preservation vouchers
    2. PIH 01-10 - on conversion of regular vouchers to enhanced vouchers (for certain opt-out properties)
    3. HUD 99-36 – on expiring project-based Section 8 contracts

Regulations
    1. Tenant Participation in Multifamily Housing (Right to Organize) – Directive Number: FR-4403-F-02, printed in Federal Register 24 CFR Part 245
    2. Voucher Rules
    3. Mark-to-Market Program
    4. Section 8 Homeownership Program – Information including Final Rule

HUD Clearinghouses/800 Numbers

Housing Authorities

Search Engines/Other Useful Sites