On January 15, HUD posted three PIH Notices on their website. Notice PIH 2021-04, titled Public Housing Operating Fund (“OpFund”) Grant Eligibility Calculations and Processing for Calendar Year (CY) 2021, provides public housing agencies (PHAs) with instructions for calculating OpFund grants for CY 2021 and establishes submission deadlines. Notice PIH 2021-05, titled Use of Shared Housing in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, reminds PHAs that Shared Housing remains a permissible and viable option that
may be made available to HCV participants, and of the specific programmatic requirements related to Shared Housing for the HCV program. Lastly, Notice PIH 2021-06, titled Process for Amending ICDBG-CARES Grants, provide ICDBG-CARES grantees with instructions on how to amend the use of existing Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Imminent Threat (IT) funds provided under the CARES Act.