Multifamily Tenant Files – Part 1

This two-part webinar series will introduce auditors and management company personnel to the basic concepts of providing subsidy to tenants. Topics will include:

1. Overview of Subsidy Process
2. HUD systems
   • RHIIP – Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project
   • TRACS – Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System
   • MAT – Monthly Activity Transmission
   • Client software (brief discussion)
3. Related Guidance
   • HAP – Housing Assistance Payment
   • TSP – Tenant Selection Plan
   • AFHMP – Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan
   • Section 504 – Rights to persons with disabilities
   • VAWA – Violence Against Women Act
   • Other (Grievance, Work Orders, etc.)
4. Rental Process
   • Key Documents
     • Application
     • Lease
     • Other policies
   • Application process
     • Screening
     • Preferences
     • Sex-offender and Criminal (Also covered in the application)
     • Waitlist
   • Determining Income, Rent and Deductions
   • Recertifications
   • Terminations
5. MORs (Management & Occupancy Review)
6. Audit Process
   • Sampling
   • Testing Strategies
   • Risk Assessment
   • Documentation
   • Findings