Environmental Review Completion Guide Updated with More Stringent HUD Noise Standards

Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) recently learned that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has updated their road noise assessment criteria as of November 2019 to make assessment standards more stringent. For more information, please review the HUD Noise Standards Update training slides available on the Housing Contract Administration (HCA) Help Desk. The updated Environmental Review Completion Guide-HOME Single Family Developers is also available on the HCA Help Desk.

The Environmental Review Completion Guide also now contains overview information about the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS).   As a reminder, all HOME single-family developers using HB20 funds are required to use HEROS for submission of all Environmental Review Records (ERRs). Developers are strongly encouraged to use HEROS for projects funded in prior years. Please submit completed HEROS ERRs for review and approval to Jessica Shelton using the "Assign Review" function in HEROS. Visit the HCA Help Desk to find HEROS guidance and training materials, located under the Homebuyer Development (HOME/AHTF/ARC) header, HEROS-HUD Environmental Review Online System subheader. Remember to use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge to access HEROS, as It does not work well with other browsers.

HOME and NHTF Annual Rent Approval Due August 3, 2020

Multifamily HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) and National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) funded projects still in their affordability period are required to submit an annual HOME Annual Rent Approval Form and NHTF Rent Approval Form located on the Asset Management page on KHC's website. HOME [24CFR 92.252(f)(2)] and NHTF [24 CFR 93.302(c)(2)] regulations require that a Participating Jurisdiction (PJ) review and approve rents for each HOME and NHTF- assisted project annually to ensure that the project complies with the HOME and NHTF rent limits, and to prevent undue increases that would result in a hardship for the residents.

For 2020, all HOME and NHTF funded multifamily projects still in their affordability period are required to submit a HOME and NHTF Annual Rent Approval Form. All completed form packages must be emailed to multifamilycompliance@kyhousing.org by 5 p.m. ET Monday, August 3, 2020.

The HUD-published HOME and NHTF rent limits have an effective release date of July 1, 2020.

• 2020 HOME Rent Limits 
• 2020 NHTF Rent Limits 

If you have any questions or need help completing the form, please contact Lisa Babb or Eva Dicken at 502-564-7640, extension 252 or 263, respectively; or email lbabb@kyhousing.org or edicken@kyhousing.org, respectively. All completed form packages must be emailed to multifamilycompliance@kyhousing.org by 5 p.m. ET Monday, August 3, 2020.

Failure to submit the form could result in a finding and/or being placed on KHC's Suspension and Debarment List.