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01/11/2024
Updates & Reminders
REMINDER: 2025 Member Information Forms
Just a friendly reminder to all LAIN Provider Members to submit your completed 2025 member information form to Tina Bowman at tbowman@leadingageindiana.org, ASAP.
Happy Holidays to all!
This will be our last Housing Newsletter until 2025. It has been a pleasure serving you this past year. Please let us know how we can serve you now ... and in 2025. We appreciate your continued support and feedback!
Member Roundtable / Committee reminder - For additional engagement opportunities, we remind you that LeadingAge Indiana hosts a number of Roundtable / Committees for Provider and Associate members:
- For all engagement opportunities - please visit our website.
- Please share this information with others who may benefit from participating. Our team would love to see you at any/all these events. For more information, please reach out to Eric Essley or Tina Bowman.
Most Recent Senior Housing Weekly Recap
Senior Housing Weekly Recap
December 12, 2024
Housing Network Call: Monday, December 16. The Housing Network meets weekly on Mondays at 12:30pm ET. Participation in the Network is open to all provider members of LeadingAge. For details on joining the Network contact Juliana Bilowich or Linda Couch.
National Policy Pulse Calls: Mondays at 3:30 p.m. ET. Next Call – Dec. 16, but no calls on Dec. 23 or Dec. 30. The first National Policy Pulse Call in 2025 will be Jan. 6. 2025. LeadingAge’s members-only policy briefing and analysis call, “National Policy Pulse,” happens every Monday at 3:30 p.m. ET. Over 700 of your LeadingAge peers join us weekly for our National Policy Pulse calls when we keep members equipped to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of aging services national policy. Please see the new landing page for more information on National Pulse Policy call.
HUD issues HOTMA Implementation FAQs. HUD's Office of Multifamily Programs has developed a series of FAQs on the implementation of HOTMA Act of 2016 (HOTMA). This guidance includes information on the phase-in hardship relief provision as detailed in the HOTMA final rule, HOTMA-compliant Tenant Selections Plans at Management and Occupancy Reviews, and use of the rent override function in TRACS 202D up until the newly established July 1, 2025 compliance date. More info here.
Want a Housing staff compliance checklist. See:
December 2024 Calendar Worksheet
HUD Publishes 2025 Annual Adjustment Factors. On December 3, HUD announced the Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for 2025, which adjust rents for certain Section 8 housing assistance payment programs for the current fiscal year. HUD establishes the rent adjustment factors on the basis of Consumer Price Index (CPI) data relating to changes in residential rent and utility costs. AAFs are applied at the anniversary of certain Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts; the amount that an owner is required to deposit to the Reserve for Replacement account is also adjusted annually by the most recently published AAF, at the HAP contract anniversary. The AAFs are distinct from, and do not apply to the same properties as, Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), which are used by many project-based Section 8 and Section 202/8 properties. HUD’s OCAF notice is still forthcoming for 2025. The 2023 AAFs are effective as of December 3, 2024.
HUD Unveils Energy Benchmarking Report for Affordable Properties. As of late 2024, HUD is helping more than 1,500 federally-assisted housing properties benchmark their energy and water usage through the agency's Multifamily Benchmarking Initiative. The agency recently unveiled the customized report provided to participating housing providers; LeadingAge assisted HUD with the development of the report format, which outlines the property's Energy Star Score based on site and source energy use intensity, annual energy use, energy and water cost data, and carbon emissions. The report for each property also offers comparisons to similar buildings and recommended energy efficiency improvements. HUD's free energy benchmarking program is still open for enrollment. Check out the tailored energy and water usage reports and learn more about the free program. Get ahold of jbilowich@leadingage.org for more details.
Reminder: HUD multifamily providers can get free, weekly deliveries of COVID tests for their properties via https://www.hud.gov/COVID-testing
Reminder: Updated COVID Vaccination Recommendations. Read more here.
Reminder: HUD Hosts Webinar Series on New Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards. Read more about the new energy efficiency standards here, and sign up for HUD’s webinar series here.
Reminder: HUD Mental Health Training for Service Coordinators. The training is available on a rolling basis until 2026. Read more about the opportunity, which LeadingAge applauds, here.
