Today, HUD published its final rule amending existing project-based Section 8 regulations related to Management and Occupancy Reviews (MORs), including for the Section 202/8 program. Effective September 26, MORs will be conducted on a performance-based schedule based on a property’s newly-assigned risk level. The MOR schedule establishes a frequency for the completion of MORs based upon a project’s previous MOR score and the project’s rating under HUD’s risk-based asset management model to establish a requirement for file reviews within 12, 24, or 36 months of the previous MOR. The new schedule will apply to all project-based Section 8 projects, regardless of whether the contract is administered by a PBCA, HUD, or a traditional Contract Administrator. In implementing the performance-based MOR schedule, HUD will establish a time frame for each project’s next MOR at the first MOR following the effective date of this final rule; based upon a project’s MOR score following that first MOR and the project’s risk rating at the time, HUD will determine the date of each project’s next MOR according to the performance-based MOR schedule. The rule follows the January 14, 2015, publication of a proposed MOR schedule, on which HUD sought public comments. More information is available here.

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