HUD Provides Landlord Participation Webinar on Technology; PIH Notice for Foster Youth Initiative HCV Funding Eligibility Requirements

Below, please find an invitation from HUD announcing the availability the third webinar in a series on landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program on October 19, 2020 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm (Eastern). This webinar focuses on ways that public housing agencies (PHAs) can use technology to improve relationships with landlords, provide landlords with access to information, and ease the concerns and frustrations that landlords have with the inspections process. For more information, please see the announcement below.

Additionally, HUD’s Office of Indian and Public Housing has issued Notice PIH 2020-28, which explains the eligibility and application requirements for Foster Youth to Independence Initiative (FYI) Housing Choice Voucher funding, and how applications will be processed.

Notice PIH 2020-08, Foster Youth to Independence Voucher Funding is attached and available here.

Landlord Participation Webinar Series: Webinar 3 — Technology

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development invites you to join the third in a series of webinars on landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program on October 19, 2020 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm EDT.

This webinar focuses on ways that public housing agencies (PHAs) can use technology to improve relationships with landlords, provide landlords with access to information, and ease the concerns and frustrations that landlords have with the inspections process. The content is based on the second published chapter of the HCV Landlord Strategies Guidebook. Representatives from PHAs currently implementing these strategies will share their experiences during the webinar.

If you would like to submit a question prior to the start of the webinar, you can email it to hcv@firstpic.org. You will also be able to submit questions throughout the webinar. Relevant questions will be addressed at the end of the speaker presentations and via followup email.

Please join us on October 19 at 2:00 pm EDT for this exciting opportunity to learn about technology and landlord participation in the HCV program.

The webinar is free, but please register in advance here.