HUD Postpones Start of Mandatory Use of Small Area FMRs in Designated Metro Areas - August 15, 2017

On August 11, HUD notified public housing agencies in 23 metro areas where voucher use is especially concentrated in high-poverty low-income areas that it is suspending the Small Area FMR designation for their metro areas for at least two years (until October 1, 2019).  Under HUD’s Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) Rule, they would have been required to begin using zip-code level FMRs on October 1, 2017.  PHAs can still choose to voluntarily to use SAFMRs.  No Massachusetts PHAs were subject to the mandate.