Kansas Housing Compliance Update

Compliance Update | February 2025

As many of you know, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered all federal agencies to temporarily block activities associated with the obligation and disbursement of all grants, loans, and other financial assistance by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 28.

We realize many of you have questions related to payments for Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) via Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contracts. HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs notified us that they received confirmation through OMB that rental assistance payments will not be paused, therefore, HAP vouchers for February 1, 2025 should be paid on schedule.

Thank you for your commitment to helping Kansans.

Conquering Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Compliance

with optional HCCP exam

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Feb. 25 - 27 , 2025

Gary Kirkman of US Housing Consultants will present this 16.5-hour comprehensive ONLINE course. This three-day course is specifically designed to assist affordable housing professionals in conquering tax credit compliance!

Gary will delve deep into the tax credit regulations while providing real-world examples with practical application. The interactive and engaging course will incorporate examples,

knowledge checks, and poll questions on multiple compliance topics trained to

test participants throughout the course. Attendees completing the training will have a thorough understanding of not only how to maintain project compliance, but why it is so important!

Save 20% off the registration fee! Use promo code Kansas20_25 at checkout.

HOME Final Rule

On January 6, 2025, HUD published a Final Rule in the Federal Register that revises and updates the requirements governing the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). The Final Rule aims to streamline requirements, align them with other federal housing programs, and incorporate recent statutory amendments. The rule can be found here.

Annual Reports and Fees

Friendly Reminder: 2024 HOME and NHTF compliance fee invoices were issued in January.

As a reminder, all invoices are provided via the Procorem work center. Annual Reports and fees are due 5/15/2025.

2025 Kansas Housing Conference

Mark your calendars! Our 20^th annual K ansas Housing Conference returns to the Overland Park Convention Center this October. The conference will bring together housing professionals from across the state and region to network, learn, and explore the latest trends and innovations in affordable housing.

Oct. 27-29, 2025 | Overland Park Convention Cente r

Stay tuned for these upcoming conference announcements:

Sponsor registration opens | Spring 2025
Call for presentation proposals opens | Late spring 2025
Hotel block opens | Summer 2025
General registration, conference agenda released | Late summer 2025

If you haven't already, please subscribe to the Kansas Housing Conference email list to stay apprised of conference announcements.

KHRC Website Refresh

KHRC is in the process of refreshing our website to better serve our users. We plan to launch a new homepage in February. Look for an email announcement when the new homepage is complete, including an overview of new features.

Our new Project Based Rental Assistance Compliance webpage has replaced the former Contract Administration webpage.

The new Housing Compliance webpage is published. We hope these updates serve you well as we Unlock Home into 2025 and beyond!

Questions?

Contact Katie Whitehead, Director of Housing Compliance, at kwhitehead@kshousingcorp.org.

Contact Laurie Fritz, Director of Contract Administration,

at lfritz@kshousingcorp.org.

Kansas Housing Resources Corporation

611 S Kansas Ave., Suite 300 | Topeka, KS 66603

info@kshousingcorp.org