HUD announced updated guidance (PIH-2026-23) for its public housing demolition and disposition program, citing an estimated $170 billion capital-needs backlog across PHA-managed properties. The changes expand the definition of obsolete buildings eligible for redevelopment or sale, allow PHAs with 75 or fewer units to reposition all their properties at once and exit the public housing program, and expand demolition and disposition eligibility for mixed-finance and scattered-site properties. HUD said the tools will move public housing to the Section 8 platform and reduce reliance on federal funds.
This is HUD's third PIH issuance affecting public housing agencies in three business days, following the MTW offsets-and-appeals notice PIH 2026-22 and the Operating Fund calculation notice PIH 2026-21.
HUD published a 30-day Paperwork Reduction Act notice seeking OMB approval to renew the information collection requiring public housing agencies to maintain and make available written admission and continued-occupancy policies under QHWRA and HOTMA, with comments due September 28. The revision updates burden calculations to reflect that the number of active PHAs has fallen from 2,774 to 2,667 since the last approval, which HUD attributed to PHA mergers and program terminations through the Rental Assistance Demonstration. HUD published a companion 60-day notice for the Public Housing Capital Fund Program collection the same day.
The predecessor 60-day comment notice for this collection published February 18, 2026 at 91 FR 7508; this is the renewal of OMB Control No. 2577-0230, not the separate work-requirements rulemaking.