Identifying the Assisted Housing and the Applicable Laws and Regulations in Your Service Area

June 1, 2009

Author: Michael Hanley

Identifying the Assisted Housing and the Applicable Laws and Regulations in Your Service Area

These materials will help you find and use the available databases to information needed to determine what regulations apply to particular developments and programs, and what financing programs are involved.  This information can often be used with readily available census data and other databases to develop specific demographic profiles (including race, presence of children, etc.) that can help you monitor for fair housing violations or just to develop local housing strategies.  Combining this data with GIS mapping programs can help you evaluate housing needs and litigation issues in your community.

I.  How to Find Subsidized Housing Developments:

A.   Particular Types of Assisted Housing

1. HUD Public Housing and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Administrators 
2. HUD Assisted Multifamily Housing Developments
3. Supportive Housing, Emergency Shelter, etc.
4. Low-Income Tax Credit Developments
5. Rural Housing Service Developments

B.   HUD Program Descriptions and Sources of Authority

II.  How to Find the Regulations that Apply:

A.  Browsing and Searching “e-CFR” (Title 24)
B.  Frequently Needed HUD Regulations Related to Occupancy and Eviction Issues
C.  Less Frequently Need HUD Regulations
D.  Rural Housing Service Regulations

III.  Guidebooks and Related Materials

A.  HUD Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook/ PHA Plans
B.  HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook: 7420.10G
C.  HUD Shelter Plus Care and Supportive Housing Programs
D.  HUD Assisted Multi-Family Housing
E.  HUDUSER Datasets: Income Limits
F.  Rural Housing Guidebook
G.  Low Income Housing Tax Credit Materials

IV. Demographic Information

A.  HUD Demographics (MTCS)
B.  The Census: “American Factfinder”
C.  Getting Data (when available) for a Particular Development