public housing

• Public housing

• Exploring the Use of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma in Public Housing Authorities

There are more than 3,300 public housing authorities throughout the United States providing affordable housing to eligible low-income families, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. This housing is principally provided through the administration of federally funded housing programs. The funding for these programs is inadequate to meet the growing need for affordable housing, requiring public housing authorities to find innovative ways to do more with less. A few public-sector organizations have turned to private-sector quality management practices in response to similar challenges. Lean thinking and Six Sigma are two popular quality initiatives found in the private sector. This paper explores whether lean thinking and Six Sigma can be successfully applied to public housing aut...

• Quality Management Journal, The
• Vol. 17 Nbr. 1, January 2010

• Public Housing Energy Audits

This rule proposes to revise HUD's energy audit requirements applicable to HUD's public housing program for the purpose of clarifying such requirements, as well as identifying energy-efficient measures that need to be addressed in the audit and procedures for improved coordination with physical needs assessments. In addition, the rule moves the energy audit requirements to a different part of HUD's title of the Code of Federal Regulations.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 71287, November 17, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Housing and Urban Development Department

• Public Housing:

• FR, July 20, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Housing and Urban Development Department

• 24 CFR 5.615 - Public housing program and Section 8 tenant-based assistance program: How welfare benefit reduction affects family income.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 24: Housing and Urban Development

• Public Housing Evaluation and Oversight:

• FR, February 23, 2011
• Rules
• Housing and Urban Development Department

• Stimulus for Public Housing

The event featured a panel on policy issues that included Ricardo Morales, chair of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), Margarita Lopez, NYCHA Board Member, David Stoopler from Senator Charles Schumer's staff, and Aixa Aleman-Diaz from Rep. Nydia Velazquez's staff. A second panel focused on how to strengthen the voice of public housing residents in budget and policy decisions. Congressman [Charles Rangel], chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, gave the keynote. He spoke about the importance of public housing residents forming an action group to secure the resources to preserve and expand affordable housing in the city and across the state. He also talked about the link between housing and education: The kid who drops out of school cannot be productive unless he has an ed...

• New York Amsterdam News
• September 08, 2009

• Public Housing Assessment System:

• FR, October 13, 2011
• Notices
• Housing and Urban Development Department

• The deep dive: a plan baked in Atlanta aims to save public housing in New York.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the oldest and largest public housing authority in the nation--with 414,000 residents living in 178,000 housing units spre...

• City Limits Magazine
• Vol. 35 Nbr. 5, November 2011

• Public Housing Poser

While 1Malaysia Development Bhd's - our very own sovereign wealth fund - efforts to provide affordable housing for the rakyat under the Government's Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia scheme is noble, is it viable? DEALING with the nation's bounty can be a complex balancing act and is a task that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), Malaysia's very own sovereign wealth fund, is being asked to perform.

• Malaysian Business
• August 03, 2011

• Public Housing and Section 8 Programs: Housing Choice Voucher Program: Streamlining the Portability Process

This proposed rule would amend HUD's regulations governing portability in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. Portability is a feature of the HCV program that allows an eligible family with a housing choice voucher to use that voucher to lease a unit anywhere in the United States where there is a public housing agency (PHA) operating an HCV program. The purpose of HUD's proposed changes to the portability regulations is to clarify requirements already established in the existing regulations and improve the process involved with processing portability requests to enable PHAs to better serve families and expand housing opportunities. It is HUD's intent to increase administrative efficiencies by eliminating confusing and obscure regulatory language in areas that are known to be troub...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 18731, March 28, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Housing and Urban Development Department