Owner Knowledge Center

This site was created to be a resource to Owners, Agents and Contract Administrators working to improve housing for New York communities.

This section contains helpful links to HUD Handbooks, Forms and Notices to help and assist you in administering the HUD Multifamily Housing Section 8 Project-Based Program.

Please Note: For Owner/Agents submitting documents via email, all documents must be sent to: nydocuments@cgifederal.com.

General Info

HUD Handbooks
HUD PBCA Responsibility Matrix

What is HUD responsible for?

You should mail any information that relates to the following areas to HUD directly:

  1. Approve Management Certifications
  2. Requests for changes in managing agents
  3. Reserve for Replacements requests, suspensions and releases
  4. Residual Receipts requests
  5. General Operating Reserve requests
  6. Monthly Accounting Reports
  7. Annual Financial Statements (submitting through the FASS System) including responses to findings
  8. Transfer of Physical Asset Package
  9. Requests for Partial Releases of Security/Partial Payment of Claim
  10. Requests for a Workout Agreement
  11. Neighborhood Networks Plans
  12. NOFA Applications (i.e. Drug Elimination, Safe Neighborhood Grant Service Coordinator and 202/811)
  13. Monthly Vouchers on any funded NOFA Grant (i.e. DEG, SNG, Service Coor)
  14. Monitoring Service Coordinators
  15. Process prepayment requests
  16. Assignment of HAP contracts to owner
  17. Process and monitor flexible subsidy
  18. Process special claims (debt service)
  19. Management reviews on HUD administered contracts
  20. Review comprehensive needs assessments
  21. Process foreclosure packages
  22. Approve neighborhood networks
  23. Monitor use agreements
  24. Process bond refundes
  25. Liaison with HUD Centers (DEC, OHMAR, REAC)
  26. Coordinate with PIH to secure vouchers on contract terminations
  27. Oversee procurement funding and initiate requests for contract services
  28. Contract renewals, rental adjustments, contract opt-outs, combining contracts on HUD administered contracts
  29. Respond to resident and community inquiries for HUD administered contracts
  30. Physical inspection follow-up HUD administered contracts
  31. REAC physical inspection appeals
  32. Lead based paint monitoring
  33. Process statutory waiver requests
  34. HUD model lease revisions
  35. Prepare budgets, requisitions and revisions
  36. Submit year end statements
  37. Submit annual audit
  38. Prepare monthly and annual reports
  39. Processing OHMAR (OAHP) Mark to Market contract renewals

As a rule of thumb, anything that is only governed by the Regulatory Agreement, Mortgage, Mortgage Note or a Use Agreement will be processed by the local HUD Office.

What is PB-CA responsible for?

You should mail any information that relates to the following areas to the PB-CA directly:

  1. Establish resident baseline data
  2. Review of Monthly HAP Vouchers and Special Claims
  3. Responses to Discrepancies on monthly HAP vouchers
  4. Disburse monthly housing assistance payments to owners
  5. Rent Increase requests/budgets, specials
  6. HAP renewal requests (governed by Section 8 Renewal Policy, 1/19/01)
  7. Tenant inquiries/Complaints for life and non- life threatening health and safety issues
  8. General resident/community complaints
  9. Management & Occupancy Reviews on PB-CA contracts
  10. Requests for information related to the payment of a specific voucher Process special claims (vacancy, damage)
  11. Utility allowance analysis
  12. Prepare budgets, requisitions and revisions
  13. Submit year end statements
  14. Submit annual audit
  15. Prepare monthly and annual reports

Examples of Overlapping Areas of responsibilities between HUD & PB-CA

  1. Processing Contract Opt Outs
  2. Rent increases over 5%
  3. Coordination of activities within various branches of HUD
  4. Rent increases-236 vs Section 8
  5. Management reviews which indicate the need for enforcement activities
  6. Management reviews with a rating of below average or unsatisfactory
  7. Appeals processing
  8. FOIA and congressional inquiries
  9. Enforcement/Compliance activity
  10. Funding reservations for contract renewals
  11. Data input
  12. Processing OHMAR (OAHP) Mark to Market contract renewals

The PB-CA will be the initial point of contact on all of these areas and will be responsible for assuring the necessary HUD involvement

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