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Alignment pilots have been launched to test the implementation of administrative alignments around two administrative policy areas – physical inspections and subsidy layering reviews.

An interim progress report of the pilot program is available here.

Physical Inspections Alignment Pilot

Federally-assisted multifamily housing owners are subject to multiple physical inspections as a result of utilizing more than one federal funding stream for property acquisition, repair or rehabilitation, or rental income subsidy, when programs are combined on a property. State-level teams are testing whether solutions can be found to achieve one federally-sponsored physical inspection at each multifamily property financed with multiple federal funding sources where each aligned physical inspection would be completed using an agreed-upon protocol at an agreed-upon inspection frequency.

Information related to this alignment activity can be found in the Physical Inspections alignment report.

Nearly 4 million American families live in rental housing that is owned, insured, or subsidized by HUD. To ensure that these families have housing that is decent, safe, sanitary and in good repair, HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) conducts approximately 20,000 physical inspections on properties each year. Learn More

Subsidy Layering Review Alignment Pilot

Almost all federal housing programs have statutory requirements requiring the administering agencies to confirm that, at the time of making a grant or subsidized loan, the total amount of subsidy being provided by public sources does not exceed eligible costs. When developers of affordable housing are awarded multiple sources of public funding, they consequently become subject to multiple subsidy layering reviews, which causes delays and adds costs to projects that are preparing to start construction. State-level teams are testing different strategies for standardizing, and aligning Subsidy Layering Review requirements across agencies.

Information related to this alignment activity can be found in the Subsidy Layering Review alignment report.

The Map below shows the states participating in the Pilot Programs. For a complete list of documents, Click here

Click on the colored states to see details and access their documents.

 
  • States Participating in Physical Inspections Pilot
  • States Participating in Subsidy Layering Review (SLR) Pilot
  • States Participating in Both Pilots