30 plus 1 for each 200 (or part of 200) over 2000. The 14 key indicators of PHA performance are: How does SEMAP work? 5 plus 1 for each 50 (or part of 50) over 50. The method for selecting the PHA's quality control sample under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) of this section must leave a clear audit trail that can be used to verify that the PHA's quality control sample was drawn in an unbiased manner. SEMAP Indicators It is not an official legal edition of the CFR. (1) This indicator shows whether, following each HQS inspection of a unit under contract where the unit fails to meet HQS, any cited life-threatening HQS deficiencies are corrected within 24 hours from the inspection and all other cited HQS deficiencies are corrected within no more than 30 calendar days from the inspection or any PHA-approved extension. 15 points. PHAs that Receive an Expedited SEMAP Waiver. Our longtime partnership with HAI Group offers students the opportunity to enjoy many training options, all of which provide a Nan McKay and Associates certification upon successful completion. 42 U.S.C. (n) Lease-up. (1) This indicator shows whether voucher holders were successful in leasing units with voucher assistance. If you would like to comment on the current content, please use the 'Content Feedback' button below for instructions on contacting the issuing agency. The 2-month allowance provided here for rating purposes does not mean that any delay in completing annual HQS inspections is permitted. result, it may not include the most recent changes applied to the CFR. 10 points. SEMAP INDICATOR #1 SEMAP INDICATOR #1 SELECTION FROM WAITING LIST At least 98 percent of families must be selected from the waiting list in accordance with the PHA policy. (15 points. The PHA and HUD must monitor the PHA's implementation of its corrective action plan to ensure performance targets are met. 0 points. (1) The certification must be approved by PHA board resolution and signed by the PHA executive director. Legal framework for renewable energy. HUD will use the verification method identified for each indicator in reviewing the accuracy of an PHA's annual SEMAP certification. is available with paragraph structure matching the official CFR (1) This indicator shows whether, following each HQS inspection of a unit under contract where the unit fails to meet HQS, any cited life-threatening HQS deficiencies are corrected within 24 hours from the inspection and all other cited HQS deficiencies are corrected within no more than 30 calendar days from the inspection or any PHA-approved extension. ), (iii) The percent of units leased or occupied by homeowners under the voucher homeownership option, or the percent of allocated budget authority expended during the calendar year that ends on or before the assessed PHA fiscal year was less than 95 percent. Calculating and documenting your progress toward deconcentration, based on two SEMAP indicators: a. Indicator # 3 measures if casework is being completed accurately, correctly, and in compliance with the regulations like calculating the housing assistance amounts for each family correctly. If you have questions for the Agency that issued the current document please contact the agency directly. (i) The PHA's SEMAP certification states that the PHA's quality control sample of case files with failed HQS inspections shows that, for all cases sampled, any cited life-threatening HQS deficiencies were corrected within 24 hours from the inspection and, for at least 98 percent of cases sampled, all other cited HQS deficiencies were corrected within no more than 30 calendar days from the inspection or any PHA-approved extension, or, if any life-threatening HQS deficiencies were not corrected within 24 hours and all other HQS deficiencies were not corrected within 30 calendar days or any PHA-approved extension, the PHA stopped (abated) housing assistance payments beginning no later than the first of the month following the correction period, or took prompt and vigorous action to enforce family obligations. Subscribe to: Changes in Title 24 :: Subtitle B :: Chapter IX :: Part 985 :: Subpart A :: Section 985.3. The PHA supervisor's reinspected sample is to be drawn from recently completed HQS inspections (i.e., performed during the 3 months preceding reinspection) and is to be drawn to represent a cross section of neighborhoods and the work of a cross section of inspectors. 104% Semap Score. Most PHAs are scored under SEMAP every year (small, non-troubled agencies are scored every two years). (1) This indicator shows whether the PHA maintains an up-to-date utility allowance schedule. (i) Fewer than 5 percent of all PHA reexaminations are more than 2 months overdue. This number is divided by the number of mandatory FSS slots, as determined under 984.105 of this chapter. Performance indicator means a standard set for a key area of Section 8 program management against which the PHA's performance is measured to show whether the PHA administers the program properly and effectively. The PHA determines the overall poverty rate for its principal operating area using the most recent available decennial Census data. 0 points. Family data used for the PHA's analysis must be the same information as reported to MTCS for the PHA's tenant-based Section 8 families with children. 8 points. 5 points. This content is from the eCFR and is authoritative but unofficial. The purpose of this training is to provide an overview of SEMAP and key information to help PHAs effectively manage their Housing Choice Voucher program for SEMAP success. PHA's quality control sample means an annual sample of files or records drawn in an unbiased manner and reviewed by an PHA supervisor (or by another qualified person other than the person who performed the original work) to determine if the work documented in the files or records conforms to program requirements. 985.106 Required actions for SEMAP deficiencies. (1) This indicator shows whether an PHA supervisor or other qualified person reinspects a sample of units under contract during the PHA fiscal year, which meets the minimum sample size requirements specified at 985.2 under PHA's quality control sample, for quality control of HQS inspections. HUD will conduct an on-site review Modified or Withheld: Not withstanding a PHAs SEMAP score, HUD may modify or withhold a PHAs overall performance rating 5 Indicators Require a Quality Control Sample Tenant File Review Indicators Indicator 1: Selection from the Waiting List Indicator 2: Rent Reasonableness Indicator 3: Adjusted Income Upon receipt of the HUD written report on its on-site review, the PHA must write a corrective action plan and submit it to HUD for approval. (a) The terms Department, Fair Market Rent, HUD, Secretary, and Section 8, as used in this part, are defined in 24 CFR 5.100. Regulations at 24 CFR 985.103(d) provided that the first eight SEMAP indicator scores were subject to modification based on the results of an agency's annual audit. 985.103 SEMAP score and overall performance rating. What are the 14 key indicators of performance? This section states the performance indicators that are used to assess PHA Section 8 management. An PHA that expends less than $300,000 in Federal awards and whose Section 8 programs are not audited by an independent auditor (IA), will not be rated under the SEMAP indicators in paragraphs (a) through (g) of this section for which the annual IA audit report is a HUD verification method. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari. (i) The PHA's SEMAP certification states that the PHA reviewed utility rate data within the last 12 months, and adjusted its utility allowance schedule if there has been a change of 10 percent or more in a utility rate since the last time the utility allowance schedule was revised. (b) The PHA must send a written report to HUD describing its correction of any identified SEMAP deficiency. (A) The PHA has a reasonable written method to determine reasonable rent which considers location, size, type, quality and age of the units and the amenities, housing services, and maintenance and utilities provided by the owners; and. (l) Pre-contract housing quality standards (HQS) inspections. switch to drafting.ecfr.gov. The PHA's SEMAP certification also states that the reinspected sample was drawn from recently completed HQS inspections (i.e., performed during the 3 months preceding the quality control reinspection) and was drawn to represent a cross section of neighborhoods and the work of a cross section of inspectors. Although the SEMAP performance rating will not be determined using the indicators in paragraphs (a) through (g) of this section, PHAs not subject to Federal audit requirements must still complete the SEMAP certification for these indicators and performance under the indicators is subject to HUD confirmatory reviews. 5 points. r}XLzX]>V.CoWeyL*r[pwuxUZMr;C!nCR~h$`*AonSYd M_ylp8 &&$7~h$L"c\^l/z2q6?Xj~([(c&+%`_h__]O/\Ehq^S$% J>OSmlv}=%Aiv.&#Gb"?LBP"@[%KlKCKt~[wZwe6C A low poverty census tract is defined as a census tract where the poverty rate of the tract is at or below 10 percent, or at or below the overall poverty rate for the principal operating area of the PHA, whichever is greater. (2) HUD verification method: MTCS report - Shows percent of reexaminations that are more than 2 months overdue. Units assisted under the voucher homeownership option and units occupied under a project-based HAP contract are included in the measurement of this indicator. 5 points. 0 points. The eCFR is displayed with paragraphs split and indented to follow %%EOF : 3 SEMAP Indicators Measure How much of the funding is being used; Whether the agency is complying with regulations regarding rent reasonableness, HQS and reexaminations; Whether transactions are timely; Whether the rent calculations are accurate and Whether there is documentation to support them. (1) This indicator shows whether newly leased units pass HQS inspection on or before the beginning date of the assisted lease and HAP contract. [63 FR 48555, Sept. 10, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 40497, July 26, 1999] SEMAP Ratings - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development PHAs with SEMAP scores of at least 90 percent shall be rated high performers under SEMAP. (iii) The PHA's SEMAP certification does not support the statements in either paragraph (c)(3)(i) or (c)(3)(ii) of this section. The 2-month allowance is provided only to accommodate a possible lag in the PHA's electronic reporting of the annual reexamination on Form HUD-50058 and to allow the processing of the data into MTCS. MTCS is the Department's national database on participants and rental units in the Section 8 rental certificate, rental voucher, and moderate rehabilitation programs and in the Public and Indian Housing programs. What is the section eight management assessment program? (1) This indicator shows whether the PHA correctly calculates tenant rent in the rental certificate program and the family's share of the rent to owner in the rental voucher program. (24 CFR 984.105 and 984.305). 10 points. 5 points. The 14 indicators of performance show whether PHAs help eligible families to afford decent rental units at a reasonable subsidy cost as intended by Federal housing legislation. December 1 2022. The Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) is HUD's method for assigning objective ratings to public housing agencies (PHAs). 985.3 Indicators, HUD verification methods and ratings. (1) Submission of deconcentration data in the HUD-prescribed format for this indicator is mandatory for a PHA using one or more payment standard amount(s) that exceed(s) 100 percent of the published FMR set at the 50th percentile rent to provide access to a broad range of housing opportunities throughout a metropolitan area in accordance with 888.113(c) of this title, starting with the second full PHA fiscal year following initial use of payment standard amounts based on the FMR set at the 50th percentile rent. SEMAP profile means a summary pre-pared by HUD of an PHA's ratings on each SEMAP indicator, its overall SEMAP score, and its overall perform-ance rating (high performer, standard, troubled). The indicator shows whether the PHA has adopted and implemented a written policy to encourage participation by owners of units located outside areas of poverty or minority concentration; informs rental voucher holders of the full range of areas where they may lease units both inside and outside the PHA's jurisdiction; and supplies a list of landlords or other parties who are willing to lease units or help families find units, including units outside areas of poverty or minority concentration. HUD will prepare a SEMAP profile for each PHA and will assign a rating for each indicator as shown. (1) Annual review. There are 5 SEMAP indicators for which a PHA will need to select a Quality Control sample. 0 points. (2) HUD verification method: MTCS Report. (1) This indicator shows whether the PHA inspects each unit under contract at least annually. (ii) 5 to 10 percent of all PHA reexaminations are more than 2 months overdue. SEMAP will help HUD target monitoring and assistance to PHA programs that need the most improvement. (d) Changing rating from . This content is from the eCFR and may include recent changes applied to the CFR. HUD shall change an PHA's overall performance rating from troubled to standard or high performer if HUD determines that a change in the rating is warranted because of improved PHA performance and an improved SEMAP score. This section states the performance indicators that are used to assess PHA Section 8 management. HUD will annually assign each PHA a rating on each of the 14 indicators and an overall performance rating of high, standard, or troubled. (i) The PHA's SEMAP certification states that: (A) The PHA has written waiting list selection policies in its administrative plan and. (2) HUD verification method: The IA annual audit report covering the PHA fiscal year entered on the SEMAP certification and on-site confirmatory review if performed. The section eight management assessment program (SEMAP) measures the performance of the public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer the housing choice voucher program in 14 key areas. The PHA must implement a thorough corrective action plan that HUD will monitor, to ensure improvement in program management. This section states the performance indicators that are used to assess PHA Section 8 management. 985.3 Indicators, HUD verification methods and ratings. We recommend you directly contact the agency responsible for the content in question. The PHA supervisor's reinspected sample is to be drawn from recently completed HQS inspections (i.e., performed during the 3 months preceding reinspection) and is to be drawn to represent a cross section of neighborhoods and the work of a cross section of inspectors. mo[ /!+)'"#cDW~Rb`HJ&SA`AroihmAWZ'=zffFaviRES1jl)8*JkMQ;h$v#E"L*2wy#bjdcfH+Cyl6'zNF D10gwr (c) If an PHA fails to correct a SEMAP deficiency within 45 calendar days as required, HUD may then require the PHA to prepare and submit a corrective action plan for the deficiency within 30 calendar days from the date of HUD notice. Under current regulations at 24 CFR part 985, the SEMAP Certification form (HUD-52648) must be submitted annually by all PHAs administering Section 8 tenant-based assistance programs. A separate drafting site 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, and 3535(d). No later than 120 calendar days after the PHA's fiscal year end, HUD shall notify each PHA in writing of its rating on each SEMAP indicator, of its overall SEMAP score and of its overall performance rating (high performer, standard, troubled). (24 CFR 5.617). (i) Fewer than 5 percent of all PHA reexaminations are more than 2 months overdue. contact the publishing agency. (ii) The PHA's SEMAP certification does not support the statement in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this section. How does SEMAP improve program performance? SEMAP Indicators All SEMAP performance indicators set a standard for a key area of Housing Choice Voucher Pro-gram management. the SEMAP indicator at 985.3(a) Selection from the Waiting List; the number of families assisted for the SEMAP indicators at 985.3(b) Reasonable Rent, and 985.3(c) Determination of Adjusted Income; the number of units under HAP contract during the last completed HA fiscal year for the SEMAP indicator at 985.3(e) HQS Quality Control . 15 points. Performance Indicators 14 indictors plus Bonus. (b) HUD written report. HUD will use the verification method identified for each indicator in reviewing the accuracy of an PHA's annual SEMAP certification. Slide 8: Indicators Requiring QC Sample. This document is available in the following developer friendly formats: Information and documentation can be found in our Since SEMAP ratings are generally calculated based on the percentage of the PHA's leased housing units that meet the specified criteria, a difference of one or two units can have a disproportionate impact on a small PHA's SEMAP score. (1) This indicator applies only to PHAs with mandatory FSS programs. The PHA determines the overall poverty rate for its principal operating area using the most recent available decennial Census data. (1) This indicator shows whether the PHA completes a reexamination for each participating family at least every 12 months. (ii) The PHA's SEMAP certification includes the statements in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section, except that the PHA documents its determination of reasonable rent for only 80 to 97 percent of units sampled at initial leasing, if there is any increase in the rent to owner, and at the HAP contract anniversary if there is a 10 percent decrease in the published FMR in effect 60 days before the HAP contract anniversary. (24 CFR 982.4, 24 CFR 982.54(d)(15), 982.158(f)(7) and 982.507). HUD may conduct an on-site confirmatory review to verify the PHA certification and the HUD rating under any indicator. HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing has finalized a rule revising the Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) lease-up indicator. (1) Required reviews for troubled PHAs. The Office of the Federal Register publishes documents on behalf of Federal agencies but does not have any authority over their programs. ( 982.503 of this chapter.) 30, 2000; 65 FR 58875, Oct. 2, 2000; 66 FR 50005, Oct. 1, 2001; 77 FR 32018, May 31, 2012; 81 FR 80583, Nov. 16, 2016]. 0 points. (v) The PHA has filled 60 to 79 percent of its mandatory FSS slots, but fewer than 30 percent of FSS families have escrow account balances. You can There are also certain other instances when PHAs may not receive a SEMAP score. (iii) The PHA's SEMAP certification does not support the statements in either paragraph (b)(3)(i) or (b)(3)(ii) of this section. (ii) The PHA's SEMAP certification does not support the statement in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section. 3 points. How does SEMAP improve program performance? The indicator consists of 2 components which show whether the PHA has enrolled families in the FSS program as required, and the extent of the PHA's progress in supporting FSS by measuring the percent of current FSS participants with FSS progress reports entered in MTCS that have had increases in earned income which resulted in escrow account balances. ( c) On-site confirmatory review. 20 points. 15 points. PHAs can use the SEMAP performance analysis to assess their own program operations. 0 points. (f) Corrective action plans. hVmoH+1Qy+UH(H6C|0G,F#g9B3Zy8S^2MD1k@4"NaA=sVC3`%FC1)f?&6\ _ (1) This indicator shows whether voucher holders were successful in leasing units with voucher assistance. (24 CFR 982.404). (A) The PHA has a reasonable written method to determine reasonable rent which considers location, size, type, quality and age of the units and the amenities, housing services, and maintenance and utilities provided by the owners; and. Please do not provide confidential Waiting list 15 Reasonable rent 20 Adjusted income 20 UA schedule 5 HQS QC 5 HQS enforcement 10 Slideshow. (24 CFR 982.517). HUD shall maintain SEMAP files, including certifications, notifications, appeals, corrective action plans, and related correspondence for at least 3 years. 10 points. ready for sending: Choose the form you require in the library of legal forms. 15 points. HUD must provide the PHA a written report of its on-site review containing HUD findings of program management deficiencies, the apparent reasons for the deficiencies, and recommendations for improvement. 9!H ^as}d1a!rvO$)dIjHE*Ays|8J0)re$5I{duh=h5wV$kZF Vv(H}qb9z+aKXnRw"F"W|Dw1|E] 0,go t Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2022: Building Resilience. Physical copies of these materials will not be shipped. If the HUD verification method for the indicator relies on data in MTCS and HUD determines those data are insufficient to verify the PHA's certification on the indicator due to the PHA's failure to adequately report family data, HUD will assign a zero rating for the indicator. This document is available in the following developer friendly formats: Information and documentation can be found in our SEMAP certification means the PHA's annual certification to HUD, on the form prescribed by HUD, concerning its performance in key Section 8 program areas. Urban Development (HUD) uses SEMAP scores as the primary tool for assessing a Housing Authority's management of the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Displaying title 24, up to date as of 1/13/2023. (A) The PHA has a written policy in its administrative plan which includes actions the PHA will take to encourage participation by owners of units located outside areas of poverty or minority concentration, and which clearly delineates areas in its jurisdiction that the PHA considers areas of poverty or minority concentration; (B) PHA documentation shows that the PHA has taken actions indicated in its written policy to encourage participation by owners of units located outside areas of poverty or minority concentration; (C) The PHA has prepared maps that show various areas with housing opportunities outside areas of poverty or minority concentration both within its jurisdiction and neighboring its jurisdiction; has assembled information about the characteristics of those areas which may include information about job opportunities, schools, transportation and other services in these areas; and can demonstrate that it uses the maps and area characteristics information when briefing rental voucher holders about the full range of areas where they may look for housing; (D) The PHA's information packet for rental voucher holders contains either a list of owners who are willing to lease (or properties available for lease) under the rental voucher program; or a current list of other organizations that will help families find units and the PHA can demonstrate that the list(s) includes properties or organizations that operate outside areas of poverty or minority concentration; (E) The PHA's information packet includes an explanation of how portability works and includes a list of portability contact persons for neighboring housing agencies, with the name, address and telephone number of each, for use by families who move under portability; and. (i) The PHA's voucher program payment standard schedule contains payment standards which do not exceed 110 percent of the current applicable published FMR and which are not less than 90 percent of the current applicable published FMR (unless a higher or lower payment standard amount is approved by HUD). SEMAP also establishes a system for HUD to measure PHA performance in key Section 8 program areas and to assign performance ratings. (2) HUD verification method: MTCS report - Shows percent of HQS inspections that are more than 2 months overdue. is available with paragraph structure matching the official CFR 985.104 PHA right of appeal of overall rating. Where the universe is: the number of admissions in the last year for each of the two quality control samples under the SEMAP indicator at 985.3(a) Selection from the Waiting List; the number of families assisted for the SEMAP indicators at 985.3(b) Reasonable Rent, and 985.3(c) Determination of Adjusted Income; the number of units under HAP contract during the last completed PHA fiscal . SEMAP Description: Ever wonder where your Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) score comes from? The 2-month allowance is provided only to accommodate a possible lag in the PHA's electronic reporting of the annual reexamination on Form HUD-50058 and to allow the processing of the data into MTCS. HUMo0WhjNlE .A]Xi0H2H-\h|3N mpI36inH Sv\&SEIK yX|>@a&XZ0W+ s6kjzoG l~/.)YSP*QxWV6Nw# The audit objective is to determine whether 1) the public housing agencies' SEMAP processes are supported and appropriately represent program performance, 2) HUD's SEMAP verification procedures effectively assess agency-reported scores, and 3) the current SEMAP indicators are the best measurements of program performance. Nomenclature changes to part 985 appear at 64 FR 67983, Dec. 3, 1999. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the official legal print publication containing the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. mean paragraphs copy and paste,
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