HUD PIH Notice § 2015-07
Funding Availability for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk Households in Low-Vacancy Areas - Fiscal Year 2015 (HUD PIH Notices)
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HUD PIH Notice § 2015-07
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Public and Indian Housing
Office of Housing
Special Attention of: Notice HUD 2015-07
Regional and Field Office Directors of
Public Housing; Multifamily Hub Issued: April 23, 2015
Directors; Multifamily Program Center
Directors; Public Housing Agencies;
and Owners/Agents Expires: This notice remains in effect until
amended, revoked, or superseded
Cross References:
HUD Notice PIH 2014-13
HUD Notice PIH 2008-12 (HA); HUD
Notice PIH 2011-20 (HA); HUD
Notice PIH 2011-46 (HA);
“Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2014” (PL 113-76)
“FY 2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and
Further Continuing Appropriations Act” (PL
113-235)
UPDATE TO NOTICE: Update is to include Attachment B, Sample Format for Owner’s Requests.
Subject: Funding Availability for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk
Households in Low-Vacancy Areas – Fiscal Year 2015
1. Purpose. HUD is making up to $7,000,000 available for Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPV)
for certain at-risk households in low-vacancy areas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.
The FY 2015 Omnibus; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (Public
Law No. 113-235, enacted December 16, 2014), provides that up to $5,000,000 of the
$130,000,000 appropriated for TPVs may be made available for this purpose. In addition to
exercising that authority, HUD is also making available $2 million in carry-over TPV
funding of the $5 million that HUD made available for this purpose under the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2014 (PL 113-76). TPVs provided under this set-aside are considered
“replacement” TPVs and are not subject to the re-issuance restrictions that apply to certain
TPVs under the FY 2015 Omnibus.
This Notice describes the eligibility, selection, and funding process for this TPV set-aside
funding in FY 2015. (The Notice retains the same eligibility, selection, and funding process
from the previous fiscal year’s notice for this set-aside funding, HUD Notice PIH 2014-13.)
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To be eligible for this set-aside funding, the three potential events that trigger a project’s
eligibility (described in section 3 of the notice) must either occur in Federal Fiscal Year (FY)
2015 (October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015), or previously occurred prior to FY
2015.
Please note that requests for TPV assistance under this set-aside will be accepted on a
rolling basis until the funding has been exhausted.
2. Summary. The $7 million in TPV assistance is available to assist residents residing in low-
vacancy areas and who either are or may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of
household income as the result of:
1) The maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that would have required
the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment;
2) The expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for
enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or
3) The expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation
program administered by the Secretary.
The TPV assistance may be provided as either enhanced vouchers or project-based voucher
(PBV) assistance. As is the case for Housing Conversion Actions, public housing agencies
(PHAs) will receive a special fee for the extraordinary costs associated with administering
the enhanced voucher or PBV assistance under this Notice.
3. Eligibility. An owner is eligible to request assistance for unassisted households/units at the
property if the owner is in compliance with civil rights threshold requirements (as described
below), the property is in a low-vacancy area1, there are at-risk households residing at the
property, these at-risk households are not currently receiving other project-based or tenant-
based rental assistance under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act, and the property
experienced (or will experience) one of the following three events in Federal Fiscal Year
(FY) 2015 (i.e., October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015) or prior to FY 2015:
1) The maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that would have required
the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment;
2) The expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for
enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or
3) The expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation
program administered by the Secretary.
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“Low-vacancy area” was defined for the purposes of this assistance as a county that currently and historically
demonstrates a moderate to tight rental housing market for low-income renters. A list of low-vacancy areas is
included in Attachment A.
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Category 1 above includes only properties with matured Section 202 Direct Loans and
matured Section 236 and 221(d)(3)-(d)(5) Below Market Interest Rate (BMIR) primary
mortgages. Please note that maturity of any mortgage instrument other than a Section 202
Direct Loan, Section 236, or Section 221(d)(3)-(d)(5) primary mortgage (for example, the
maturity of a mortgage made by a state Housing Finance Agency) does not qualify as a
matured mortgage for purposes of this Notice under category 1. Further, only the matured
properties where the Secretary’s consent to prepayment would have been required (or where
the Section 202 Direct Loan note was silent on the requirement for the Secretary’s permission
to prepay) are eligible under category 1. The Direct or FHA-insured mortgage note will
specify if the approval of HUD is a requirement for the prepayment.
Category 2 includes only properties where a Rental Assistance Payments (RAP) contract
expired prior to FY 2012, or where a Rent Supplement contract expired prior to FY 2000.
RAP contract expirations in FY 2012 or later, and Rent Supplement contract expirations in FY
2000 or later are not eligible for assistance under this Notice because tenants in such
properties are/were eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under
existing law, and therefore do not meet the criteria under category 2. Please note that some
properties with RAP contract expirations prior to FY 2012 already received tenant protection
assistance for eligible families, and are therefore not eligible for assistance under this Notice.
Category 3 includes two groups of properties, as follows:
Matured Section 236, Section 221(d)(3)-(d)(5) BMIR, or Section 202 Direct Loan
mortgages, where permission of the Secretary would not have been required prior to
mortgage prepayment. To be eligible under Category 3, the underlying affordability
restrictions at the property must have expired along with maturity of the mortgage.
Expired “stand alone” Affordability Restrictions: This includes properties that had a
HUD-imposed affordability restriction that expired (or will expire) in FY 2015 or
prior to FY 2015. To be eligible under this category, the project with the expired
affordability restriction must not, at the time of the request for assistance, have an
active Section 202 Direct Loan, or an active Section 221(d)(3)-(d)(5) or Section 236
FHA-insured or HUD-held mortgage. This category includes projects that had a
HUD-imposed affordability restriction and may have been financed with a state-
insured mortgage. Please note that the expired/expiring affordability restriction must
be a HUD-imposed affordability restriction that restricted the property to operate as
affordable housing to very low, low, and/or moderate income households. This may
include, but is not limited to, the Preservation programs under the Title II Emergency
Low Income Housing Preservation Act (ELIHPA) and the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act (LIHPRHA), Section 236(e)(2)
Decoupling Use Agreement, Section 250 Prepayment Use Agreement, or a Section
219 Prepayment Use Agreement. An Interest Reduction Payments Agreement
associated with a state non-insured 236 mortgage also meets the criteria under
category 3. The expiration of a project affordability restriction imposed by another
agency or funder does not meet the criteria under category 3.
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Owners may verify that their property is in a low-vacancy area by using the list of low-
vacancy areas in Attachment A.
“At-risk households” are those households residing at the property at the time of the owner’s
request whose annual income is equal to or less than HUD’s FY 2015 low income limit, and
are rent burdened currently or will be rent burdened after the mortgage maturity or
affordability restriction expiration in FY 2015. For those properties where the mortgage
maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction expiration,
occurred prior to the date of the owner’s request for assistance, a family must have resided at
the property at the time of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or
affordability restriction expiration to be considered an at-risk household. This Notice
provides further information on identifying at-risk households, including the threshold for
determining rent burden, in section 5 below.
Additionally, an owner must be in compliance with civil rights threshold requirements. An
owner is not eligible to request assistance if such owner:
i) Has been charged with a systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act or received a cause
determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing agency concerning a
systemic violation of a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing law proscribing
discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or familial
status;
ii) Is a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging a
pattern or practice of discrimination or denial of rights to a group of persons raising an issue
of general public importance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3614(a);
iii)Is a defendant in any other lawsuit filed or joined by the Department of Justice alleging a
pattern or practice or systemic violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or a claim under
the False Claims Act related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, or civil rights generally
including an alleged failure to affirmatively further fair housing.
iv) Has received a letter of findings identifying systemic noncompliance under Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, or Title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act;
v) Has received a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair
housing agency concerning a systemic violation of provisions of a state or local law
proscribing discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation or gender identity; or
vi) Has received a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair
housing agency concerning a systemic violation of a state or local law proscribing
discrimination in housing based on lawful source of income; and
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vii) If applicable, has not resolved to HUD’s satisfaction, the charge, lawsuit, letter of
findings or cause determination referenced in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) and/or is
not in current compliance with any agreement or consent order resolving the matter.
Owners who wish to request assistance under this Notice must submit their request in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Notice.
Upon receiving an owner’s request, HUD will verify that the maturity of the mortgage and/or
expiration of the affordability restriction in fact removes/removed the affordability
restrictions at the property and resulted or may result in tenants being rent burdened; that the
RAP contract expired prior to FY 2012, or that Rent Supplement contract expired prior to FY
2000; or that the mortgage maturity or affordability restriction expiration takes place in FY
2015 or prior to FY 2015; and that the owner’s property is in a low-vacancy area.
Please note that while assistance under this Notice for properties in categories 1 or 3 is
limited to mortgage maturities or affordability restriction expirations that took place in FY
2015 or prior to FY 2015, any funding leftover after all eligible properties’ requests for
assistance have been funded may be carried over to the next fiscal year to fund mortgage
maturities or affordability restriction expirations that occur after FY 2015.
4. Enhanced Vouchers or Project-Based Voucher Assistance. Owners may request either
enhanced vouchers or project-based voucher (PBV) assistance for the at-risk households
residing in their property. Both types of assistance are administered through Public Housing
Agencies (PHAs). The HUD Public Housing (PH) Field Office Director will identify PHAs
to administer the voucher assistance, in accordance with the procedures in section 6 below.
Any PHA identified for this purpose may decline to participate entirely, or may agree to
participate but only to administer enhanced vouchers, even if the owner has requested PBV
assistance. If a PHA declines to participate, the HUD PH Field Office Director will take
steps to identify a PHA that will agree to administer the assistance, as described in section 6
below. Owners should be aware that in some cases, enhanced vouchers may be provided
even if the owner requests PBV assistance; please see section 6 (step 5), and section 7, for
more details.
Owners are further reminded that all requirements of the housing choice voucher (HCV)
program apply to the vouchers provided under this set-aside. For example, in the case of both
enhanced vouchers and project-based vouchers, the PHA must determine that the rent to
owner is a reasonable rent (i.e., the rent to owner is not more than rent charged for
comparable units in the private unassisted market and for comparable unassisted units on the
premises), and the cost of meals or supportive services may not be included in the rent to the
owner, and the lease may not require the tenant or family members to pay charges for meals
or supportive services. Owners should contact the local PHA if they have any questions about
HCV program requirements.
Enhanced vouchers
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Enhanced vouchers are tenant-based assistance. Households issued enhanced vouchers may
elect to use the assistance in the same property (as long as the property continues as rental
housing and the tenancy can be approved in accordance with the enhanced voucher policies
described in section 8 below), and in all cases may choose to move from the property
immediately. There is no guarantee to the owner that any enhanced voucher assistance will be
used at the property for any period of time. Enhanced vouchers are different from regular
housing choice vouchers (HCVs) in two major respects. If the family remains in the same
property, a higher “enhanced” payment standard is used to determine the amount of subsidy
when the gross rent exceeds the normally applicable PHA payment standard, and the family
must continue to contribute towards rent at least the amount the family was paying for rent on
the date of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability
restriction expiration that removes the affordability restrictions at the property.
Project-based voucher assistance
PBV assistance is project-based assistance. Under the PBV program, a PHA enters into a
Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract with the owner for specified units and for a
specified term. When families move from the assisted units, the PHA refers families from its
waiting list to the owner to fill vacancies. PBV assistance provided through this Notice must
follow all regulations at 24 CFR Part 983, with one exception: selection requirements under
§983.51 (Owner proposal selection procedures) are not applicable to assistance provided via
this Notice, because the Appropriations Act defines the categories of projects that are
potentially eligible for PBV assistance. Moving to Work (MTW) agencies may administer
the PBV assistance according to their MTW agreement.
For further details on processing enhanced vouchers or project-based vouchers, see sections 7
and 8 below.
5. Identifying At-Risk Households. In order to identify which of the residents of their property
may be “at-risk households,” owners must first identify the current residents that resided at
the property at the time of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or
affordability restriction expiration (if such event happened prior to the owner’s request for
assistance). The owner must then determine the annual income of the residents, and compare
this annual income to HUD’s low-income limits. The owner then determines whether the
residents qualify as rent burdened, by comparing the adjusted monthly income of the
residents to the owner’s applicable monthly rent (as defined in step 5 below).
Owners and families should be aware that the final determination of a family’s income
eligibility will be made by the PHA. Families identified as at-risk households in the process
described in steps 1 – 5 below ultimately may be determined to be over-income (and
therefore ineligible for assistance) by the PHA, which will reduce the number of vouchers
that will be made available either as enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance, accordingly.
The process to identify at-risk households is described in steps 1 - 5 below. Owners that
have verified resident incomes within 12 months of the submission of the request for
assistance under this Notice can skip steps 2 and 3 below.
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Steps
1. Notification of residents. The owner must notify (in writing) all current residents of
unassisted units at the property (who also resided at the property at the time of the
mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction
expiration, if such event occurred before the owner submits the request for assistance)
that the owner will be applying for assistance under this Notice. This notification
must be provided prior to the owner applying for assistance under this Notice. In
accordance with 24 CFR Part 245, those properties assisted with active project-based
rental assistance contracts under Section 8 of the US Housing Act, and those
properties with FHA-insured or Direct loans, must also notify legitimate tenant
organizations at the property. The owner’s notification must state that he or she will
be identifying at-risk households according to the residents’ income. In addition, the
owner’s notice must state that if any resident contests the income determination made
by the owner (and if the owner’s request for assistance is selected for funding), such
resident will have the opportunity to have their income calculated for eligibility
purposes by the administering PHA. The owner’s notification to the residents must
also inform them that the owner’s application for assistance is not a guarantee that the
property and residents will receive assistance under this Notice.
Owners must ensure that any and all communications are provided in a manner that is
effective for persons with hearing, visual, and other communications-related
disabilities consistent with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (see 24 CFR
§ 8.6), and, as applicable, the Americans with Disabilities Act Owners also should
provide such notification in a manner that is effective for persons who have limited
English proficiency and should refer to HUD’s published Final Guidance to Federal
Financial Assistance Recipients: Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin
Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons (LEP Guidance) (72 FR
2732, published January 22, 2007) for assistance and information regarding LEP
obligations.
2. Request for income information. If an owner has not verified resident income within
12 months of the submission of the request for assistance under this Notice, the owner
may request income information from each resident of the affected property.
Residents are not required to share this information with the owner. If a resident
chooses not to disclose income information, such resident will be identified in the
owner’s request for assistance as a household that did not provide income information
to the owner, and such household will not receive assistance through this Notice. For
all residents identified in the owner’s request for assistance as a household that did not
provide income information to the owner, the owner must maintain
documentation showing that the family was notified in writing that their failure
to provide income information to the owner means the family will not have the
opportunity to receive rental assistance through this Notice.
3. Calculation of annual income. The owner determines annual income by adding all
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to be received by the household in the next 12 months, excluding income from any of
the following: the income of live-in aides or full-time students; student financial
assistance; foster care or adoption assistance payments; Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as Food Stamps); Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and Earned Income Tax Credit refunds. This
amount is the household’s annual income. As discussed below, this calculation is a
streamlined version of the calculation that PHAs use to determine income eligibility
for the voucher program.
4. Comparison to HUD’s low income limits. The owner must compare the household’s
annual income with HUD’s most current low income limits. For this comparison,
owners must know the size of the household (e.g., 4 person household). Owners may
find HUD’s low income limits by visiting
http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il.html. The owner then selects the state and
county in which the property is located. The relevant information is located in the
row labeled “Low (80%) Income Limits.” If the household’s annual income is
greater than the low income limit found in this row, the household is not an at-risk
household (as discussed above, any resident who contests this determination will
have the opportunity to have their income calculated for eligibility purposes by the
administering PHA, should the owner’s request be selected for funding). For
example, if the “Low (80%) Income Limits” row lists $60,000 as the limit for a 4
person household, and the annual income for the 4 person household in question is
$60,001, then this household is not an at-risk household. If the household’s annual
income is equal to or less than the low income limit, then the owner moves on to step
5 below.
5. Calculation of adjusted monthly income and rent burden. The owner adjusts the
annual income by deducting $480 from the annual income for each dependent in the
household and deducting $400 from the annual income if the household’s head,
spouse, or sole member is a person with disabilities or is at least 62 years of age. The
owner then divides this adjusted annual income by 12 to determine the household’s
adjusted monthly income.
The owner then divides the household’s applicable monthly rent by the household’s
adjusted monthly income to determine whether the household qualifies as rent
burdened. Families qualify as rent burdened if, in the absence of this voucher
assistance, they would have to pay more than 30 percent of their adjusted monthly
income for rent.
For example, consider the following 2 different households:
a) The household’s adjusted monthly income is $3995 and the applicable monthly
rent is $1200. The owner divides $1200 by $3995, which equals approximately
0.3004. Because this household would have to pay more than 30 percent of their
adjusted monthly income for rent, this household is an at-risk household.
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b) The household’s adjusted monthly income is $4000 and the applicable monthly
rent is $1200. The owner divides $1200 by $4000, which equals 0.30. Because this
household would not have to pay more than 30 percent of their adjusted monthly
income for rent, this household is not an at-risk household.
As discussed above, any resident who contests this determination will have
the opportunity to have their income calculated for eligibility purposes by the
administering PHA, should the owner’s request be selected for funding.
Please note that the “applicable monthly rent” means the proposed rents the owner
intends to charge after the mortgage maturity or affordability restriction expiration,
except as follows:
In the case of a mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or
affordability restriction expiration that happened before the owner submits the
request for assistance, “applicable monthly rent” means the rents the owner
charges as of the date of the owner’s request for assistance under this Notice.
For properties undergoing renovation that will be completed by November
30, 2015, “applicable monthly rent” means the rent the owner intends to
charge after the renovation is completed.
For properties where the owner has chosen to continue charging below market
rents to households that resided at the property at the time of the mortgage
maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction
expiration, “applicable monthly rent” means the rent the owner charges (as of
the date of the owner’s request for assistance) to households that moved to the
property after the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or
affordability restriction expiration, and reside in a similarly-sized unit; except
as follows:
For properties where the owner has chosen to continue charging below market
rents to households that resided at the property at the time of the mortgage
maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction
expiration, and no households have moved to a similarly-sized unit at the
property since the maturity or expiration, “applicable monthly rent” means the
rent the owner intends to charge after the property receives assistance through
this Notice.
The owner must submit a statement certifying that the applicable monthly rents used in
calculation of at-risk and not at-risk households are accurate according to the terms of
this Notice.
The owner’s identification of at-risk households will be used to determine whether a request
for assistance is eligible for funding under this set-aside (because the presence of at-risk
households at the property is a requirement of receiving assistance). This calculation will
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also be helpful for the owner to predict and forecast how many households may qualify to
receive enhanced vouchers; if the owner is requesting PBV assistance, the calculation will
help the owner anticipate how many units may be assisted under the PBV HAP contract.
This exercise will be helpful for owners seeking new debt or equity financing for the
project that will be supported by income from the PBV HAP contract.
While the eligibility calculation by the owner is an important initial calculation, owners are
advised that PHAs are still required to calculate income for each household before admitting
that household to the voucher program, whether for enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
Because the calculations performed by the owner at steps 3 and 5 above are a streamlined
version of the calculations that PHAs use, some families identified by the owner as at-risk
may in fact be ineligible for assistance due to being over-income. If a household identified by
the owner as at-risk is later determined to be ineligible for voucher assistance due to being
over-income, that household will not be issued an enhanced voucher (or, in the case of PBV
assistance, the unit will not be included in the PBV contract). Additionally, as discussed
above, families who contest the income determination made by the owner will have the
opportunity to have their income calculated for eligibility purposes by the administering PHA
(should the owner’s request be selected for funding). It is for this reason that the owner’s
request for assistance must also include a list of the households determined not to be at-risk,
as described in Section 6 below.
Please also note that the applicable monthly rent will be reviewed by the PHA for rent
reasonableness before any tenancy is approved (for enhanced vouchers), or before the initial
rent to owner is established at the beginning of the HAP contract term (for PBV assistance).
Before HAP can be paid for the unit, PHAs must determine the rents to be reasonable under
983.303 (Reasonable Rent) for PBV assistance or 982.507 (Rent to Owner: Reasonable Rent)
for enhanced vouchers (see also section 8.1(b)(2) below for more information on rent
reasonableness and enhanced vouchers). Owners are encouraged to contact a PHA in the
local area prior to submitting the request for assistance to obtain information on the likely
rent levels the enhanced vouchers or PBV HAP contract will provide.
6. Procedures for Requesting and Processing Assistance. This section describes each of the
steps necessary to process the owner’s request for assistance. The following steps must occur
before the owner’s request for assistance can be approved and the PHA’s Annual
Contributions Contract (ACC) amended to reflect the assistance. Owners’ requests for
assistance will be accepted on a rolling basis until the funding available under this Notice has
been exhausted.
Steps
1. Owners who wish to request assistance under this Notice must submit a letter
requesting assistance to the HUD Multifamily Hub/Program Center (PC) Director,
with a copy to the HUD Project Manager. The request must include the following
information:
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The property name and address, including the name of the county in which the
property is located;
The date of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or
affordability restriction expiration. The mortgage maturity or affordability
restriction expiration date must be in FY 2015 (i.e., October 1, 2014 –
September 30, 2015) or prior to FY 2015. The date of the rental assistance
contract expiration must be before FY 2012 for RAP contracts and before
FY 2000 for Rent Supplement contracts;
A copy of all affordability restriction documents, rental assistance contracts,
and renewals, and mortgage note documents related to the expired mortgage,
contract or affordability restriction;
A narrative statement explaining how the property meets the description of
Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3, as defined in this Notice;
Whether the owner is seeking enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance;
A statement certifying that the owner is in compliance with the civil rights
threshold requirements set forth at section 3 (“Eligibility”) of this Notice;
A statement certifying that the applicable monthly rents used in calculation of
at-risk and not at-risk households are accurate according to the terms set forth
at section 5 (“Identifying At-Risk Households”) of this Notice;
A list of unassisted units (identified by unit number and household name)
currently occupied by at-risk households, and by households determined not
to be at-risk. These households must have resided at the property at the time of
the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability
restriction expiration (if such event happened prior to the owner’s request for
assistance).
o The list of at-risk households must be accompanied by a calculation
that demonstrates that each at-risk household has an annual income
equal to or less than HUD’s most recently issued low income limit,
and the household would (in the absence of this voucher assistance)
have to pay more than 30 percent of their adjusted monthly income
for rent.
o The list of households determined not to be at-risk must be
accompanied by a calculation that demonstrates that each household
has an annual income greater than HUD’s low income limit, or the
household would not (in the absence of voucher assistance) have to
pay more than 30 percent of their adjusted monthly income for rent.
o The calculation for each list of households must include size of the
household, household’s annual income, the applicable HUD low
income limit for a household this size, the household’s adjusted
monthly income, the applicable monthly rent of the unit (see section 5,
step 5 for the different meanings of “applicable monthly rent”), and the
percentage of the household’s adjusted monthly income spent on rent
in the absence of this voucher assistance (applicable monthly rent/
adjusted monthly income).
For properties where the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract
expiration, or affordability restriction expiration happened before the owner
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submits the request for assistance, documentation (such as a lease) showing
that the at-risk households and the households determined not to be at-risk
resided at the property at the time of the mortgage maturity, rental
assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction expiration; and
A list of unassisted units (identified by unit number and household name)
currently occupied by households (that also resided at the property at the time
of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability
restriction expiration) that did not provide income information to the owner.
(Please note that these households will not receive assistance through this
Notice. For all residents identified in the owner’s request for assistance as a
household that did not provide income information to the owner, the owner
must maintain documentation showing that the family was notified in writing
that their failure to provide income information to the owner means the family
will not have the opportunity to receive rental assistance through this Notice.)
Owners must provide all of the information listed above in their request for
assistance. Owners may wish to refer to Attachment B for a sample format to provide
the information required in the owner’s request for assistance. Owners may find the
suggested format helpful, but are not required to use the format provided in
Attachment B.
2. Once the Multifamily Hub/PC Director has received the owner’s complete request for
assistance, the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee will review the applications
to verify that:
a) The property had or has a Section 202 Direct Loan or a Section 236 or 221(d)(3)-
(d)(5) Below Market Interest Rate (BMIR) primary mortgage that matured (or will
mature) in FY 2015 or prior to FY 2015. This includes loans where the permission of
the Secretary was a requirement prior to mortgage prepayment, as well as loans where
permission of the Secretary was not a requirement prior to prepayment. Please note:
the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee must verify the mortgage maturity date
(day, month, and year) by reviewing the actual mortgage note, affordability restriction
or contract document. Staff should also verify that the mortgage was not prepaid prior
to mortgage maturity; OR
b) The owner’s RAP contract expired prior to FY 2012, or Rent Supplement contract
expired prior to FY 2000. This includes verifying that the contract reached its
expiration date, and did not terminate prior to the expiration date due to the
prepayment of the underlying mortgage at the property; OR
c) The property had an underlying HUD-imposed affordability restriction that expired
(or will expire) in FY 2015 or prior to FY 2015. The Multifamily Hub/PC staff will
verify that the affordability restriction was a HUD-imposed agreement. This may
include, but is not limited to, the Preservation programs under the Title II Emergency
Low Income Housing Preservation Act (ELIHPA) and the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act (LIHPRHA), Section 236(e)(2)
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Decoupling Use Agreement, Section 250 Prepayment Use Agreement, a Section 219
Prepayment Use Agreement, or an Interest Reduction Payments Agreement
associated with a state non-insured 236 mortgage. Please note: the Multifamily
Hub/PC Director or designee must verify this date (day, month, and year) by
reviewing the actual affordability restriction document. The Multifamily Hub/PC
Director or designee must also review the specific provisions of the affordability
restriction and mortgage note to verify that the expiration in fact removes/removed
affordability restrictions on unassisted units at the property;
d) The property does not, at the time of the request for assistance, have an active
Section 202 Direct Loan, or an active Section 221(d)(3)-(d)(5) or Section 236 FHA-
insured or HUD-held mortgage;
e) The property is located in a low-vacancy area (low-vacancy areas are listed in
Attachment A);
f) The number of households identified by the owner as at-risk households does not
exceed the total number of unassisted units at the property (in the case of a mortgage
maturity or affordability restriction expiration), or in the case of a Rent Supplement or
RAP contract expiration, the number of households identified by the owner as at-risk
households does not exceed the number of units on the original Rent Supplement or
RAP contract. If the application involves the expiration of a Rent Supplement or RAP
contract, the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee must review the Rent
Supplement or RAP contract to verify the number of units on the original contract. If
the number of households identified by the owner as at-risk households does exceed
the total number of unassisted units at the property (or the number of units on the
original Rent Supplement or RAP contract), the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee must advise the owner to reduce the number of at-risk households to the
allowable amount (no more than the total number of unassisted units at the property
or the number of units on the original Rent Supplement or RAP contract) if the owner
wishes to be further considered for funding; and
g) The households identified by the owner as at-risk households, and the households
determined by the owner not to be at-risk, did reside at the property at the time of the
mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction
expiration. If the documentation submitted in the owner’s request fails to
demonstrate that every household (at-risk and not at-risk) resided at the property at
the time of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, affordability
restriction expiration, the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee must advise the
owner to submit corrected documentation or remove these households from the
request if the owner wishes to be further considered for funding.
Applications that meet the above requirements shall be deemed acceptable to be
processed in accordance with the additional steps below. Please note: the
Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee will not be responsible for verifying the
accuracy of the reported tenant income or the calculations of at-risk households.
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If the owner’s request for assistance does not meet the above requirements, the
owner’s request for assistance will be denied. The Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee will notify the owner of the denial of the request.
Requests determined acceptable by the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee
under step 2 will be processed in accordance with the additional steps below.
3. The Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee will submit a copy of the owner’s
request for assistance to the PH Field Office Director and request that the PH Field
Office Director identify and invite a PHA (that currently administers the HCV
program and has jurisdiction over the area in which the property is located) to
administer the voucher assistance.
4. The PH Field Office Director or designee will determine the appropriate PHA to
administer the assistance in accordance with established criteria for selection of PHA
administration of tenant protection vouchers, including, but not limited to,
jurisdiction, and PHA administrative capacity. The PHA will have the opportunity to
agree or decline to administer the enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
5. For PBV requests: If the identified PHA does not wish to or is unable to administer
PBV assistance, the PH Field Office Director or designee will make a reasonable
effort to find a PHA with jurisdiction and administrative capacity willing to
administer PBV assistance. Please note that any PHA willing to administer PBV
assistance at this step is agreeing to do so in accordance with all the statutory and
regulatory requirements of the PBV program (see section 7 below), including the
statutory limit of 20 percent for the amount of the PHA’s HCV budget authority that
may be project-based (see 24 CFR 983.6(a)). The PHA identified by the PH Field
Office Director or designee at this step must also be willing to administer enhanced
voucher assistance, in case the PHA determines that it will be unable to enter into a
PBV HAP contract with the owner due to the statutory and regulatory requirements
of the PBV program.
If the invited PHA agrees to administer PBV assistance (and enhanced voucher
assistance, if the PHA determines that that it will be unable to enter into a PBV HAP
contract with the owner due to the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PBV
program), the owner’s request for assistance will move on to step 7 below.
If the PH Field Office Director or designee is unable to identify a PHA willing or able
to administer PBV assistance, the owner’s request will move on to step 6 below in
order to identify a PHA willing to administer enhanced voucher assistance.
6. For enhanced voucher requests: If the PH Field Office Director or designee is able to
identify a PHA willing to administer the enhanced vouchers, the owner’s request for
assistance will move on to step 7 below.
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If the PH Field Office Director or designee is unable to identify a PHA willing to
administer enhanced vouchers, the owner’s request for assistance will be denied. The
PH Field Office Director or designee will notify the Multifamily Hub/PC Director of
the denial. The Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee will then notify the owner
of the denial.
7. The PH Field Office Director or designee provides a copy of the owner’s request
for assistance to the PHA that agrees to administer the enhanced vouchers or PBV
assistance.
8. The PHA must determine the eligibility of all at-risk households identified by the
owner. For purposes of determining income eligibility, the PHA uses the applicable
low income limits (not the very low income limits).
The PHA’s administrative plan must allow for the provision of HCV assistance to
these low-income families. If the PHA’s administrative plan does not currently
provide for these low-income families to be eligible, the PHA must amend its
administrative plan in order to administer the enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
This administrative plan requirement is consistent with 24 CFR 982.201(b)(1)(iii).
HUD will consider waivers of 24 CFR 982.201(b)(1)(iii) to allow a PHA to provide
assistance to these low-income families without an amendment to the PHA’s
administrative plan, when needed due to the timing of the conversion (for example,
when the PHA is unable to amend its administrative plan before the HAP contract is
signed).
Additionally, households must meet the applicable rent burden threshold described in
section 5 above to be eligible for assistance through this Notice. Specifically,
households are only eligible for assistance through this Notice if applicable monthly
rent for that household’s unit divided by the household’s adjusted monthly income (as
calculated by the PHA in accordance with 24 CFR 5.611) is more than 30 percent
(see section 5, step 5 for the different meanings of “applicable monthly rent”).
The PHA must also notify all residents (still residing at the property) determined by
the owner not to be at-risk, informing them that if they believe they meet the HCV
income limits and applicable rent burden threshold, they may request to have their
income calculated by the PHA for eligibility purposes. This notification does not
include any of the households that did not provide income information to the owner
(as identified in the owner’s request for assistance).
Families admitted to the HCV program with enhanced vouchers are special
admissions under 24 CFR 982.203 and are not subject to income-targeting
requirements under 24 CFR 982.201(b)(2) for families selected from the PHA’s
waiting list. Families admitted to the HCV program with PBV assistance must be
selected from the PHA waiting list in accordance with 24 CFR 983.251(b)
(“Protection of in-place families”) and are also not subject to the income-
targeting requirements under 24 CFR 982.201(b)(2).
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In order to reduce processing time and where applicable, HUD will permit the PHA
to use the owner’s most recent family income examination (form HUD-50059) if the
owner’s current certification for the family (form HUD-50059) is no more than six
months old and the PHA determines that the owner certifications are acceptable after
reviewing a small sample for accuracy. The PHA is never required to use the owner
certifications and may choose to conduct its own income determination and
verification. PHAs should be aware that many owners will not have form HUD-
50059 for the households being assisted through this Notice.
9. The PHA submits the Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance Funding Application (Form
HUD-52515) to the PH Field Office Director. The PHA is requested to enter the
PHA’s code number (for example, CT002) as well as their electronic mail address,
telephone number, and facsimile telephone number in the same place at the top of the
form where they are also to enter the PHA’s name and mailing address. Instructions
for completing the remainder of the form are as follows:
a) Do not complete Section A.
b) Under Section B of this form, only complete the box for total dwelling units under
vouchers. Insert the number of eligible families as determined by the PHA’s
eligibility determinations in step 8.
c) Do not complete Section C.
d) Under Section D of this form, the PHA must identify whether the assistance will be
for enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
10. The PH Field Office Director or designee submits the PHA’s HUD-52515, as well as
the owner’s request for assistance, to the HUD Office of Housing Voucher’s
Financial Management Division (FMD) (at PIHConversionActions@hud.gov, with
2015 TPV Set-Aside” in the subject line).
11. The FMD calculates the budget authority and assigns funds to the PHA, using the
information from Section B of the HUD-52515 to determine the amount of funding
the PHA will be assigned. The FMD also calculates the special fee for the
extraordinary costs associated with administering the enhanced voucher or PBV
assistance under this Notice. The fee will be $200 per unit for the higher number of
units as determined below:
a. The number of at-risk households at the property that were identified in the
owner’s request for assistance; or
b. The number of families that are eligible to receive assistance (as determined
by the PHA in step 8 above, and identified in Section B of the HUD-52515).
Please note that the amount of the special fee is subject to the availability of funds for
this purpose. If necessary, HUD may amend the amount and method of calculation of
the special fee by subsequent notice.
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12. The Financial Management Center (FMC) prepares the ACC documents and ACC
transmittal letter, and forwards these to the PHA with a copy of the letter to the PH
Field Office Director.
7. Procedures for Processing PBV Assistance.
After receiving the ACC documents and transmittal letter, the PHA must verify whether the
owner’s request for PBV assistance meets the statutory and regulatory requirements of the
PBV program, including the prohibition of assistance for ineligible units (24 CFR 983.53),
prohibition of assistance for units in subsidized housing (24 CFR 983.54), prohibition of
excess public assistance (24 CFR 983.55), the cap on number of PBV units in each building
(24 CFR 983.56), site selection standards (24 CFR 983.57), the environmental review (24
CFR 983.58), and all other program requirements, including all applicable fair housing and
civil rights requirements. Please note that the owner’s property may be partially assisted with
pre-existing Project-Based Section 8 contracts; units subsidized with such assistance may not
be included in the PBV HAP contract (see 24 CFR 983.54(b)), and such units do not count
against the 25 percent PBV cap for units in the building described at 24 CFR 983.56.
Please note that only the units occupied by eligible families may be covered by the PBV HAP
contract. Units that were occupied by at-risk households at the time of the owner’s request for
assistance, and are either vacant or the occupant family was determined ineligible for
admission to the HCV program at the time of the PHA’s eligibility determinations, must not
be covered by the HAP contract.
7.1 When a PHA is unable to enter into a PBV HAP contract with the owner. If the
PHA determines that it will be unable to enter into a PBV HAP contract with the owner
due to the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PBV program (e.g., the property
does not meet the PHA’s site selection standards), then the funding provided to the PHA
under this notice must be used to provide enhanced voucher assistance for all eligible
families. Please see section 8 below for procedures for processing enhanced voucher
assistance.
7.2 When a PHA enters a PBV HAP contract for fewer units than requested. If the
PHA determines that it will be able to enter into a PBV HAP contract, but there are more
eligible families than there are eligible units under the PBV program (e.g., because the
number of eligible families exceeds the 25 percent per building cap described at 24 CFR
983.56), then the PHA will administer enhanced vouchers for the eligible families whose
units are not eligible to be included in the property’s PBV HAP contract; please see
section 8 below for procedures for processing enhanced voucher assistance. When the
number of eligible families exceeds the number of eligible units under the PBV program,
owners may decide which units will be included in the PBV HAP contract.
8. Procedures for Processing Enhanced Voucher Assistance. After receiving the ACC
documents and transmittal letter, the PHA must issue vouchers to the eligible families. If any
vouchers remain unused after issuance to the eligible families at the property (for example, if a
family chooses to move from the property but is unable to successfully lease up under the
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program), the PHA retains the vouchers and may use them to assist families on the PHA
waiting list. If the PHA uses remaining voucher funding to assist families on the PHA
waiting list, the voucher is simply a regular voucher and does not have any enhanced
features.
8.1 Characteristics of Enhanced Voucher Assistance. Enhanced vouchers have several
special requirements but in all other respects are subject to normal housing choice voucher
program rules. For example, the PHA may not make payments to the owner until after
execution of the HAP contract on behalf of an individual family, and the assistance may
not be paid to cover any period of time before the PHA inspection and determination that
the unit meets the housing quality standards of the program.
a) Enhanced voucher family right to remain. A family that receives an enhanced voucher
has the right to remain in the project as long as the units are used for rental housing and
are otherwise eligible for housing choice voucher assistance (e.g., the rent is reasonable,
unit meets HQS, etc.). The owner may not terminate the tenancy of a family that
exercises its right to remain except for a serious or repeated lease violation or other good
cause. If an owner refuses to honor the family’s right to remain, the family may exercise
any judicial remedy that is available under State and/or local law.
b) Payment standard where the family chooses to stay in the same project.
(1) Special payment standard. For a family that stays in the project, the payment
standard used to calculate the voucher housing assistance payment is the
gross rent (rent to owner plus the applicable PHA utility allowance for any
tenant-supplied utilities) of the family's unit (provided the proposed rent to
owner is reasonable), regardless of whether the gross rent exceeds the
normally applicable PHA payment standard.
(2) Rent reasonableness documentation and lease requirements. All regular
program requirements concerning the reasonableness of the rent and the
provisions of the HUD-prescribed lease addendum apply to enhanced
vouchers. The PHA must determine that the proposed rent for the family's
unit is reasonable. The PHA determines whether the proposed new rents for
the property are reasonable just as it does for any other potential units under
the tenant-based assistance programs.
The PHA determines whether the rent requested by the owner is a reasonable
rent for the unit in comparison to other comparable unassisted units based on
the current condition of the unit. The PHA does not base the rent
reasonableness determination on any planned future enhancements to the
property. If the PHA determines the owner’s proposed new rent is not
reasonable, the owner must either lower the rent or the family will have to
find another unit in order to benefit from the voucher.
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The special payment standard for enhanced tenant-based assistance for a
family that stays in the unit sometimes results in the PHA approving a tenancy
for a unit that otherwise would be ineligible or unaffordable to a family with
regular tenant-based assistance. If the rent is reasonable in comparison to the
rents of comparable unassisted units, there is nothing improper or incorrect in
approving the owner’s new rent even if the rent would not normally be
affordable for a family with a regular voucher. However, it is very important
for the PHA to make sure the owner’s new rent is reasonable and to properly
document this determination. The PHA must document the rent
reasonableness of the owner’s rent in the family’s file by including the rents
and addresses of the comparable units used to make the determination. The
PHA should use the guidance provided in Notice PIH 2011-46 when
determining whether the rent is reasonable.
c) Family move: Normal payment standard is applicable. The normally applicable PHA
payment standard is always used to determine the family’s maximum voucher subsidy
when the family moves from the project. This includes cases where the proposed new
rent for the family's current unit is not reasonable or the unit fails HQS, requiring the
family to move in order to receive tenant-based assistance.
d) Enhanced voucher minimum rent requirement for stayers. Families assisted with
enhanced voucher assistance have a special statutory minimum rent requirement. A
family receiving enhanced voucher assistance under this set-aside must pay for rent no
less than the rent the family was paying on the date of the rental assistance contract
expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the affordability restriction
that removed the affordability restrictions at the property.
The enhanced voucher minimum rent only applies if the family remains in the project.
The enhanced voucher minimum rent does not apply if the family moves from the
project.
The method for calculating the minimum rent changes if the family’s income
subsequently decreases to a significant extent (15 percent or more) from the family’s
gross income on the effective date of the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of
the mortgage and/or expiration of the affordability restriction that removed the
affordability restrictions at the property. The enhanced voucher minimum rent changes
from an actual dollar amount to a specific percentage of income.
The family’s new enhanced voucher minimum rent is the greater of (A) the percentage of
the monthly adjusted income the family paid for gross rent on the effective date of the
rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the
affordability restriction that removed the affordability restrictions at the property, or (B)
30 percent of the family’s current adjusted monthly income.
Once this change in the enhanced voucher minimum rent becomes effective for a family,
the enhanced voucher minimum rent for the family remains that specific percentage of
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income (e.g., 32 percent) and will not revert to a specific dollar amount, even if the
family income subsequently increases or decreases.
For instance, assume a family paid $500 for gross rent on the effective date of the rental
assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the
affordability restriction that removed the affordability restrictions at the property, which
equaled 35 percent of the family’s monthly adjusted income at that time. After receiving
enhanced voucher assistance for ten months, the family suffered a 50 percent decrease in
monthly gross income. The PHA now calculates the enhanced voucher minimum rent for
the family as the percentage of monthly adjusted income the family paid for rent on the
effective date of the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or
expiration of the affordability restriction that removed the affordability restrictions at the
property (35 percent) instead of the actual dollar amount ($500). The enhanced voucher
family in this example must now pay at least 35 percent of the family monthly adjusted
income for rent, regardless of any further changes in family income.
When a family reports a significant decrease in family income, the PHA conducts an
interim redetermination and verifies the change in income as soon as possible to prevent
hardship on the family, preferably by the first of the month following the date the family
reports the change and provides the necessary documentation. The PHA may implement
the reduction on a provisional basis before completing the verification in order to prevent
undue hardship to the family.
The change in the determination of the enhanced voucher minimum rent only applies if a
family suffers a significant loss of income (at least a 15 percent decrease in the gross
family income on the date of the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of the
mortgage and/or expiration of the affordability restriction that removed the affordability
restrictions at the property). Otherwise, the enhanced voucher minimum rent remains the
specific dollar amount.
Regardless of which method is used to calculate the enhanced voucher minimum rent, the
minimum rent represents the lowest amount the family may pay as their family share for
as long as the family remains in the project. A family may pay no less than the enhanced
voucher minimum rent. Depending on the circumstances, the family may have to pay
more than the enhanced voucher minimum rent.
e) Calculating HAP for enhanced voucher assistance. Regardless of whether the owner’s
new gross rent (after the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage
and/or expiration of the affordability restriction that removed the affordability restrictions
at the property) exceeds or is less than the PHA payment standard, the housing assistance
payment for a family that stays in their present unit (or moves from an oversized unit to
an appropriate size unit within the project) is the following:
the gross rent for the unit minus the greatest of:
(i) 30 percent of the adjusted family monthly income;
(ii) 10 percent of the family monthly income (gross monthly income);
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(iii) the welfare rent in as-paid states;
(iv) the enhanced voucher minimum rent; or
(v) such other minimum rent established by the PHA as authorized by Federal law
(see 24 CFR §5.630.)
f) Movers from the project – all regular housing choice voucher rules apply. If a resident
decides to move from the project with the voucher assistance, the payment standard is not
enhanced and the enhanced voucher minimum rent does not apply. This is the case when
the family chooses to use the voucher to move from the property immediately, or if after
receiving enhanced voucher assistance for a period of time the family chooses to
subsequently move from the unit with continued voucher assistance. In either
circumstance, the housing assistance payment and the family share at the new unit are
calculated in accordance with the regular rules of the housing choice voucher program.
g) Administering voucher assistance. The special conditions of enhanced voucher
assistance (enhanced voucher minimum rent and the special payment standard rules) are
applicable for as long as the family receives voucher assistance at the project.
If an owner subsequently raises the rent for an enhanced voucher family in accordance
with the lease, State and local law, and voucher program regulations (including rent
reasonableness), the PHA will use the new gross rent to calculate the voucher HAP
payment for the family.
The PHA must identify an eligible family as an enhanced voucher family even if the
gross rent of the family’s unit does not currently exceed the normally applicable PHA
payment standard. Since the enhanced payment standard rule also covers any subsequent
rent increases, it is possible that the special payment standard may come into play later in
the family’s tenancy. An enhanced voucher family is also required by law to pay no less
than the enhanced voucher minimum rent, regardless of whether the gross rent exceeds
the normally applicable PHA payment standard.
(1) Enhanced voucher minimum rent. The enhanced voucher minimum rent
requirement remains in effect for all families who receive enhanced voucher
assistance and remain at the property.
(2) Special payment standard. Subject to availability of appropriations, the
payment standard used to calculate the family subsidy will continue to be
enhanced to match the gross rent for the unit if the gross rent exceeds the
normally applicable payment standard and the PHA determines the rent is
reasonable for as long as the enhanced voucher family continues to reside in
the same project.
If the owner raises the rent for a family assisted with an enhanced voucher in
accordance with the lease, State and local law, and voucher program
regulations, the PHA will increase the enhanced payment standard to equal the
new gross rent (rent to owner and the applicable PHA utility allowance for
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any tenant-supplied utilities) for the unit provided the PHA determines the
rent is reasonable. The additional cost of the subsidy will be covered through
the regular renewal process for the PHA’s voucher program.
If a change in the PHA utility allowance (either an increase or decrease)
affects the gross rent for a family assisted with an enhanced voucher, the
PHA must adjust the enhanced payment standard accordingly. The enhanced
payment standard may never exceed the gross rent for the assisted family’s
unit.
Again, it is emphasized that the PHA always applies the normally applicable
payment standard if the family subsequently moves from the project.
(3) Over-housed families. For the enhanced voucher policies that are applicable
to families residing in units where the actual number of bedrooms exceeds
the family unit size for which the family qualifies under the PHA subsidy
standards (i.e., “over-housed families”), please see Notice PIH 2008-12
(extended by Notice PIH 2011-20).
9. Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collection requirements contained in this
document have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The OMB control numbers are
2577-0169, 2502-0204, and 2502-0086. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act,
HUD may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.
10. Further Information. Any questions concerning this Notice should be directed to the
Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and
Voucher Programs, at (202) 708-0477 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
/ s / / s /
Lourdes Castro Ramírez Edward L. Golding
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing for Housing
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Attachment A
Low Vacancy Areas:
A property meets the low-vacancy threshold if it is located in a county (or county equivalent)
with a rental vacancy rate (as measured by the 2009-2013 American Community Survey (ACS))
that is below the thresholds identified in the table below. For example, in a market with slow
population growth (population growth of one percent annually or less), HUD, for the purposes of
this notice, has determined that market to be a Low Vacancy Area if the rental vacancy rate in
the county is less than or equal to 5.9 percent.
Note, for the purposes of this Notice, all 5 NYC boroughs are considered as one “county” and
are coded in the table below as “36NYC” in the FIPS column. Also, annual population growth is
calculated as the average annual population growth for each county from 2010-2011, 20112012,
and 2012-2013 as estimated by the 2013 US Population Estimates Program. Finally, given the
lack of data for insular areas, all insular areas (other than Puerto Rico) are considered as low
vacancy areas for the purposes of this Notice.
Low Vacancy Area
Annual Population Rental Vacancy
Growth Rate
Slow (<=1%) <=5.9%
Moderate (1-2.9%) <=7.4%
Rapid (>=3%) <=9.0%
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
01001 Autauga County, Alabama 0.39% 4.7%
01007 Bibb County, Alabama -0.54% 4.2%
01011 Bullock County, Alabama -0.74% 2.8%
01013 Butler County, Alabama -1.09% 5.6%
01023 Choctaw County, Alabama -1.03% 0.0%
01025 Clarke County, Alabama -0.75% 2.8%
01029 Cleburne County, Alabama 0.06% 4.3%
01035 Conecuh County, Alabama -0.84% 5.1%
01041 Crenshaw County, Alabama 0.29% 4.6%
01043 Cullman County, Alabama 0.15% 4.8%
01047 Dallas County, Alabama -1.42% 4.7%
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Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
01053 Escambia County, Alabama -0.29% 4.6%
01055 Etowah County, Alabama -0.18% 5.8%
01057 Fayette County, Alabama -0.66% 2.6%
01061 Geneva County, Alabama -0.08% 3.3%
01063 Greene County, Alabama -0.92% 5.9%
01065 Hale County, Alabama -0.69% 3.2%
01067 Henry County, Alabama 0.01% 5.3%
01075 Lamar County, Alabama -0.61% 2.8%
01079 Lawrence County, Alabama -0.71% 2.8%
01081 Lee County, Alabama 2.33% 6.0%
01091 Marengo County, Alabama -1.27% 0.6%
01099 Monroe County, Alabama -1.12% 5.5%
01103 Morgan County, Alabama 0.07% 2.9%
01105 Perry County, Alabama -1.65% 4.6%
01107 Pickens County, Alabama -0.51% 3.9%
01109 Pike County, Alabama 0.38% 5.1%
01111 Randolph County, Alabama -0.30% 5.7%
01119 Sumter County, Alabama -0.94% 1.9%
01123 Tallapoosa County, Alabama -0.23% 2.4%
01127 Walker County, Alabama -0.50% 1.2%
01129 Washington County, Alabama -1.39% 0.0%
01131 Wilcox County, Alabama -0.80% 2.4%
01133 Winston County, Alabama -0.36% 1.8%
02013 Aleutians East Borough, Alaska -0.70% 2.5%
02020 Anchorage Municipality, Alaska 0.86% 4.2%
02050 Bethel Census Area, Alaska 1.33% 7.0%
02068 Denali Borough, Alaska 0.71% 5.0%
02100 Haines Borough, Alaska 1.08% 7.1%
02110 Juneau City and Borough, Alaska 1.34% 4.7%
02150 Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska 1.24% 1.6%
02170 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska 1.97% 5.1%
02180 Nome Census Area, Alaska 1.22% 5.7%
02185 North Slope Borough, Alaska 0.77% 5.7%
02188 Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska 0.68% 4.5%
02220 Sitka City and Borough, Alaska 0.46% 4.5%
02230 Skagway Municipality, Alaska 1.04% 6.5%
25
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
02270 Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska 2.20% 2.5%
02282 Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska -0.91% 3.6%
04005 Coconino County, Arizona 0.65% 5.5%
04017 Navajo County, Arizona -0.09% 5.2%
04025 Yavapai County, Arizona 0.79% 5.8%
05007 Benton County, Arkansas 2.11% 7.1%
05025 Cleveland County, Arkansas -0.37% 0.7%
05031 Craighead County, Arkansas 1.61% 7.3%
05039 Dallas County, Arkansas -0.55% 2.3%
05047 Franklin County, Arkansas -0.17% 5.2%
05055 Greene County, Arkansas 0.71% 3.2%
05059 Hot Spring County, Arkansas 0.36% 0.4%
05061 Howard County, Arkansas -0.59% 4.9%
05063 Independence County, Arkansas 0.17% 4.9%
05071 Johnson County, Arkansas 0.40% 3.1%
05085 Lonoke County, Arkansas 0.99% 5.9%
05095 Monroe County, Arkansas -1.84% 5.8%
05097 Montgomery County, Arkansas -0.93% 3.0%
05101 Newton County, Arkansas -1.05% 2.5%
05105 Perry County, Arkansas -0.30% 4.9%
05113 Polk County, Arkansas -0.45% 1.8%
05121 Randolph County, Arkansas -0.48% 4.0%
05125 Saline County, Arkansas 2.06% 6.7%
05127 Scott County, Arkansas -0.94% 5.3%
05129 Searcy County, Arkansas -0.66% 5.7%
05133 Sevier County, Arkansas 0.44% 5.5%
05137 Stone County, Arkansas 0.44% 5.4%
05141 Van Buren County, Arkansas -0.71% 1.3%
05149 Yell County, Arkansas -0.41% 5.7%
06001 Alameda County, California 1.42% 4.3%
06007 Butte County, California 0.33% 4.8%
06011 Colusa County, California -0.16% 3.8%
06013 Contra Costa County, California 1.30% 5.2%
06015 Del Norte County, California -0.83% 4.1%
06021 Glenn County, California -0.19% 2.8%
06023 Humboldt County, California -0.13% 5.2%
26
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
06025 Imperial County, California 0.35% 5.5%
06027 Inyo County, California -0.12% 1.5%
06031 Kings County, California -0.32% 5.0%
06037 Los Angeles County, California 0.64% 4.4%
06039 Madera County, California 0.27% 5.4%
06041 Marin County, California 0.72% 3.4%
06045 Mendocino County, California -0.22% 3.2%
06049 Modoc County, California -1.95% 3.4%
06053 Monterey County, California 0.99% 4.0%
06059 Orange County, California 1.05% 4.5%
06061 Placer County, California 1.61% 5.8%
06065 Riverside County, California 1.35% 7.3%
06069 San Benito County, California 1.22% 1.7%
06073 San Diego County, California 1.14% 4.7%
06075 San Francisco County, California 1.30% 3.7%
06079 San Luis Obispo County, California 0.79% 3.8%
06081 San Mateo County, California 1.26% 3.1%
06083 Santa Barbara County, California 0.89% 3.3%
06085 Santa Clara County, California 1.39% 3.1%
06087 Santa Cruz County, California 0.77% 4.0%
06091 Sierra County, California -1.83% 4.8%
06093 Siskiyou County, California -0.88% 3.8%
06097 Sonoma County, California 0.71% 4.8%
06101 Sutter County, California 0.19% 4.7%
06103 Tehama County, California -0.31% 5.1%
06107 Tulare County, California 0.81% 5.0%
06111 Ventura County, California 0.57% 3.8%
06113 Yolo County, California 0.57% 4.0%
08001 Adams County, Colorado 1.90% 6.5%
08003 Alamosa County, Colorado 0.74% 5.3%
08005 Arapahoe County, Colorado 1.84% 5.9%
08013 Boulder County, Colorado 1.52% 3.1%
08014 Broomfield County, Colorado 1.97% 5.9%
08021 Conejos County, Colorado 0.00% 3.0%
08031 Denver County, Colorado 2.48% 5.2%
08035 Douglas County, Colorado 2.17% 5.4%
27
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
08041 El Paso County, Colorado 1.49% 5.6%
08043 Fremont County, Colorado -0.30% 3.1%
08047 Gilpin County, Colorado 0.81% 5.1%
08059 Jefferson County, Colorado 1.02% 4.4%
08065 Lake County, Colorado 0.19% 4.8%
08069 Larimer County, Colorado 1.69% 4.1%
08077 Mesa County, Colorado 0.25% 3.1%
08083 Montezuma County, Colorado 0.14% 4.6%
08087 Morgan County, Colorado 0.30% 4.6%
08095 Phillips County, Colorado -0.77% 5.4%
08105 Rio Grande County, Colorado -0.60% 0.9%
08109 Saguache County, Colorado 0.43% 1.8%
08119 Teller County, Colorado -0.26% 5.3%
08123 Weld County, Colorado 2.02% 6.5%
09005 Litchfield County, Connecticut -0.50% 4.9%
09011 New London County, Connecticut 0.01% 5.9%
11001 District of Columbia, District of 2.23% 6.4%
12019 Columbia
Clay County, Florida 0.86% 5.4%
12029 Dixie County, Florida -0.95% 3.6%
12035 Flagler County, Florida 1.33% 3.4%
12041 Gilchrist County, Florida -0.10% 5.3%
12067 Lafayette County, Florida 0.12% 2.1%
12077 Liberty County, Florida 0.04% 4.3%
12129 Wakulla County, Florida 0.19% 4.9%
12131 Walton County, Florida 2.67% 6.3%
13001 Appling County, Georgia 0.19% 4.4%
13005 Bacon County, Georgia 0.39% 2.5%
13019 Berrien County, Georgia -0.50% 2.8%
13027 Brooks County, Georgia -1.41% 3.1%
13065 Clinch County, Georgia 0.05% 5.0%
13069 Coffee County, Georgia 0.37% 3.0%
13077 Coweta County, Georgia 1.35% 7.2%
13085 Dawson County, Georgia 0.56% 1.8%
13099 Early County, Georgia -1.29% 2.9%
13109 Evans County, Georgia -0.51% 5.9%
13131 Grady County, Georgia 0.31% 2.3%
28
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
13145 Harris County, Georgia 0.51% 4.5%
13147 Hart County, Georgia 0.33% 5.6%
13155 Irwin County, Georgia -0.58% 3.7%
13159 Jasper County, Georgia -0.72% 3.2%
13163 Jefferson County, Georgia -1.13% 4.5%
13173 Lanier County, Georgia 1.03% 5.0%
13177 Lee County, Georgia 0.75% 4.1%
13185 Lowndes County, Georgia 0.98% 5.2%
13187 Lumpkin County, Georgia 0.66% 5.6%
13199 Meriwether County, Georgia -0.95% 4.2%
13205 Mitchell County, Georgia -0.66% 2.3%
13207 Monroe County, Georgia 0.67% 5.7%
13219 Oconee County, Georgia 1.03% 5.3%
13229 Pierce County, Georgia 0.24% 4.0%
13231 Pike County, Georgia -0.24% 2.7%
13243 Randolph County, Georgia -2.10% 0.0%
13249 Schley County, Georgia 0.46% 2.8%
13253 Seminole County, Georgia 0.80% 2.5%
13259 Stewart County, Georgia -1.32% 1.2%
13263 Talbot County, Georgia -1.87% 4.6%
13265 Taliaferro County, Georgia -0.13% 0.0%
13273 Terrell County, Georgia -1.13% 5.6%
13275 Thomas County, Georgia 0.09% 4.4%
13287 Turner County, Georgia -3.11% 0.8%
13293 Upson County, Georgia -0.61% 3.9%
13297 Walton County, Georgia 0.66% 5.7%
13299 Ware County, Georgia -0.61% 5.6%
13301 Warren County, Georgia -1.37% 0.5%
13305 Wayne County, Georgia -0.04% 4.7%
13315 Wilcox County, Georgia -1.12% 1.8%
13317 Wilkes County, Georgia -1.54% 1.4%
13319 Wilkinson County, Georgia -0.29% 5.3%
15003 Honolulu County, Hawaii 0.94% 5.0%
15005 Kalawao County, Hawaii 0.00% 4.2%
16001 Ada County, Idaho 1.91% 4.9%
16007 Bear Lake County, Idaho -0.13% 5.0%
29
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
16015 Boise County, Idaho -1.08% 3.1%
16017 Bonner County, Idaho -0.19% 4.4%
16027 Canyon County, Idaho 1.65% 7.3%
16029 Caribou County, Idaho -0.80% 4.8%
16041 Franklin County, Idaho 0.20% 0.0%
16047 Gooding County, Idaho -0.85% 4.4%
16051 Jefferson County, Idaho 0.87% 2.6%
16053 Jerome County, Idaho 0.09% 3.5%
16055 Kootenai County, Idaho 1.27% 6.0%
16057 Latah County, Idaho 0.71% 2.2%
16061 Lewis County, Idaho 0.72% 1.3%
16065 Madison County, Idaho -0.13% 3.6%
16067 Minidoka County, Idaho 0.33% 5.7%
16069 Nez Perce County, Idaho 0.51% 4.6%
16071 Oneida County, Idaho -0.16% 0.0%
16073 Owyhee County, Idaho -0.01% 5.9%
16087 Washington County, Idaho -0.81% 4.9%
17001 Adams County, Illinois -0.02% 4.2%
17007 Boone County, Illinois -0.12% 1.1%
17009 Brown County, Illinois -0.25% 1.9%
17015 Carroll County, Illinois -0.99% 3.8%
17017 Cass County, Illinois -0.78% 4.2%
17021 Christian County, Illinois -0.47% 5.8%
17023 Clark County, Illinois -0.23% 4.3%
17025 Clay County, Illinois -0.63% 1.2%
17027 Clinton County, Illinois 0.06% 4.7%
17035 Cumberland County, Illinois -0.30% 4.6%
17037 DeKalb County, Illinois -0.12% 4.2%
17039 De Witt County, Illinois -0.31% 5.1%
17041 Douglas County, Illinois -0.12% 5.2%
17045 Edgar County, Illinois -0.99% 3.2%
17053 Ford County, Illinois -0.58% 3.7%
17055 Franklin County, Illinois -0.33% 5.7%
17061 Greene County, Illinois -0.59% 1.8%
17065 Hamilton County, Illinois -0.32% 3.2%
17069 Hardin County, Illinois -0.96% 2.5%
30
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
17071 Henderson County, Illinois -1.55% 3.0%
17073 Henry County, Illinois -0.38% 3.3%
17075 Iroquois County, Illinois -0.77% 3.6%
17079 Jasper County, Illinois -0.39% 5.7%
17081 Jefferson County, Illinois -0.13% 3.8%
17087 Johnson County, Illinois 0.18% 4.2%
17093 Kendall County, Illinois 1.18% 4.9%
17095 Knox County, Illinois -0.53% 3.9%
17099 LaSalle County, Illinois -0.49% 5.0%
17101 Lawrence County, Illinois -0.56% 3.1%
17107 Logan County, Illinois -0.36% 4.1%
17109 McDonough County, Illinois -0.12% 5.8%
17119 Madison County, Illinois -0.25% 5.7%
17121 Marion County, Illinois -0.68% 5.1%
17123 Marshall County, Illinois -1.28% 5.8%
17125 Mason County, Illinois -0.90% 0.9%
17131 Mercer County, Illinois -0.51% 2.7%
17135 Montgomery County, Illinois -0.49% 1.5%
17137 Morgan County, Illinois -0.46% 2.1%
17139 Moultrie County, Illinois 0.07% 4.7%
17149 Pike County, Illinois -0.51% 2.8%
17151 Pope County, Illinois -1.09% 2.1%
17153 Pulaski County, Illinois -1.27% 4.8%
17155 Putnam County, Illinois -1.08% 2.1%
17159 Richland County, Illinois -0.05% 4.9%
17163 St. Clair County, Illinois -0.43% 4.2%
17165 Saline County, Illinois 0.00% 1.2%
17167 Sangamon County, Illinois 0.22% 5.4%
17171 Scott County, Illinois -0.70% 1.8%
17181 Union County, Illinois -0.33% 4.8%
17189 Washington County, Illinois -0.57% 5.1%
17201 Winnebago County, Illinois -0.51% 5.5%
17203 Woodford County, Illinois 0.54% 4.0%
18005 Bartholomew County, Indiana 1.17% 4.1%
18011 Boone County, Indiana 2.10% 6.9%
18013 Brown County, Indiana -0.41% 0.0%
31
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
18015 Carroll County, Indiana -0.12% 5.6%
18017 Cass County, Indiana -0.46% 5.7%
18021 Clay County, Indiana -0.09% 2.3%
18045 Fountain County, Indiana -0.74% 5.9%
18049 Fulton County, Indiana -0.60% 4.4%
18063 Hendricks County, Indiana 1.80% 6.3%
18079 Jennings County, Indiana -0.26% 3.6%
18081 Johnson County, Indiana 1.29% 5.3%
18105 Monroe County, Indiana 0.80% 4.0%
18109 Morgan County, Indiana 0.32% 5.2%
18111 Newton County, Indiana -0.41% 5.8%
18117 Orange County, Indiana -0.07% 5.9%
18119 Owen County, Indiana -0.59% 4.1%
18121 Parke County, Indiana -0.16% 2.1%
18125 Pike County, Indiana -0.43% 4.9%
18145 Shelby County, Indiana 0.27% 5.7%
18147 Spencer County, Indiana 0.09% 4.7%
18157 Tippecanoe County, Indiana 1.37% 4.7%
18159 Tipton County, Indiana -0.47% 0.0%
18171 Warren County, Indiana -0.34% 4.0%
18175 Washington County, Indiana -0.60% 3.7%
19009 Audubon County, Iowa -1.29% 5.6%
19023 Butler County, Iowa 0.27% 3.1%
19031 Cedar County, Iowa -0.22% 2.0%
19033 Cerro Gordo County, Iowa -0.40% 3.3%
19035 Cherokee County, Iowa -0.51% 5.5%
19037 Chickasaw County, Iowa -0.25% 3.1%
19039 Clarke County, Iowa 0.08% 3.0%
19043 Clayton County, Iowa -0.59% 5.9%
19049 Dallas County, Iowa 3.84% 5.9%
19051 Davis County, Iowa 0.00% 2.4%
19065 Fayette County, Iowa -0.59% 4.6%
19067 Floyd County, Iowa -0.47% 2.6%
19069 Franklin County, Iowa -0.43% 3.5%
19071 Fremont County, Iowa -1.55% 1.9%
19075 Grundy County, Iowa -0.35% 5.5%
32
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
19089 Howard County, Iowa -0.11% 3.5%
19091 Humboldt County, Iowa -0.39% 3.5%
19095 Iowa County, Iowa 0.02% 3.1%
19097 Jackson County, Iowa -0.41% 2.7%
19101 Jefferson County, Iowa 0.05% 4.4%
19103 Johnson County, Iowa 1.97% 2.7%
19105 Jones County, Iowa -0.12% 5.3%
19117 Lucas County, Iowa -0.56% 3.6%
19123 Mahaska County, Iowa 0.03% 5.3%
19127 Marshall County, Iowa 0.26% 5.5%
19131 Mitchell County, Iowa -0.24% 3.9%
19141 O'Brien County, Iowa -0.83% 2.9%
19149 Plymouth County, Iowa -0.01% 5.7%
19153 Polk County, Iowa 1.47% 4.5%
19157 Poweshiek County, Iowa -0.53% 5.2%
19159 Ringgold County, Iowa -0.38% 2.5%
19165 Shelby County, Iowa -0.57% 3.4%
19169 Story County, Iowa 1.04% 2.2%
19175 Union County, Iowa 0.21% 4.6%
19181 Warren County, Iowa 0.73% 4.4%
19183 Washington County, Iowa 0.49% 3.7%
19187 Webster County, Iowa -0.73% 5.1%
19191 Winneshiek County, Iowa -0.12% 3.7%
19193 Woodbury County, Iowa -0.07% 5.6%
19195 Worth County, Iowa -0.16% 3.6%
20003 Anderson County, Kansas -0.85% 0.0%
20009 Barton County, Kansas -0.21% 3.9%
20013 Brown County, Kansas 0.06% 4.3%
20015 Butler County, Kansas -0.06% 5.8%
20019 Chautauqua County, Kansas -0.87% 5.4%
20023 Cheyenne County, Kansas -0.32% 4.1%
20031 Coffey County, Kansas -0.70% 0.6%
20033 Comanche County, Kansas 1.21% 6.3%
20035 Cowley County, Kansas -0.09% 5.9%
20039 Decatur County, Kansas -0.19% 0.0%
20041 Dickinson County, Kansas -0.32% 3.1%
33
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
20043 Doniphan County, Kansas -0.43% 3.6%
20045 Douglas County, Kansas 0.91% 5.7%
20047 Edwards County, Kansas -1.15% 3.3%
20051 Ellis County, Kansas 0.72% 4.4%
20053 Ellsworth County, Kansas -0.57% 3.0%
20055 Finney County, Kansas 0.14% 4.9%
20065 Graham County, Kansas -0.22% 0.0%
20067 Grant County, Kansas 0.44% 3.3%
20071 Greeley County, Kansas 0.90% 2.6%
20075 Hamilton County, Kansas -1.11% 5.7%
20079 Harvey County, Kansas -0.04% 4.2%
20083 Hodgeman County, Kansas 0.75% 1.2%
20085 Jackson County, Kansas -0.30% 4.6%
20087 Jefferson County, Kansas -0.54% 5.5%
20091 Johnson County, Kansas 1.28% 5.2%
20095 Kingman County, Kansas 0.01% 3.0%
20107 Linn County, Kansas -0.41% 3.3%
20109 Logan County, Kansas 0.33% 4.6%
20117 Marshall County, Kansas -0.34% 5.5%
20125 Montgomery County, Kansas -1.02% 5.4%
20127 Morris County, Kansas -0.97% 3.6%
20129 Morton County, Kansas -0.87% 2.8%
20143 Ottawa County, Kansas -0.28% 1.7%
20145 Pawnee County, Kansas -0.08% 5.6%
20149 Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1.45% 6.1%
20151 Pratt County, Kansas 0.80% 5.0%
20155 Reno County, Kansas -0.19% 5.3%
20157 Republic County, Kansas -0.92% 1.7%
20163 Rooks County, Kansas 0.12% 4.4%
20165 Rush County, Kansas -1.32% 0.0%
20167 Russell County, Kansas -0.24% 4.9%
20169 Saline County, Kansas -0.01% 5.5%
20171 Scott County, Kansas 0.57% 0.0%
20175 Seward County, Kansas 0.57% 3.1%
20181 Sherman County, Kansas 0.58% 0.0%
20183 Smith County, Kansas -1.34% 4.8%
34
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
20193 Thomas County, Kansas 0.03% 2.5%
20199 Wallace County, Kansas 1.90% 5.5%
20205 Wilson County, Kansas -1.03% 4.3%
20207 Woodson County, Kansas -0.81% 4.9%
21001 Adair County, Kentucky 0.20% 2.8%
21003 Allen County, Kentucky 0.44% 3.9%
21007 Ballard County, Kentucky 0.29% 1.7%
21013 Bell County, Kentucky -0.96% 3.4%
21017 Bourbon County, Kentucky 0.05% 3.2%
21021 Boyle County, Kentucky 0.49% 3.2%
21025 Breathitt County, Kentucky -0.76% 4.1%
21029 Bullitt County, Kentucky 1.04% 7.4%
21037 Campbell County, Kentucky 0.16% 5.0%
21039 Carlisle County, Kentucky -0.64% 1.7%
21041 Carroll County, Kentucky 0.45% 2.9%
21049 Clark County, Kentucky 0.01% 4.0%
21051 Clay County, Kentucky -0.50% 2.5%
21053 Clinton County, Kentucky -0.43% 4.0%
21055 Crittenden County, Kentucky -0.18% 3.9%
21067 Fayette County, Kentucky 1.30% 5.8%
21071 Floyd County, Kentucky -1.02% 5.2%
21081 Grant County, Kentucky 0.09% 4.8%
21083 Graves County, Kentucky 0.22% 4.4%
21085 Grayson County, Kentucky 0.27% 4.0%
21087 Green County, Kentucky -0.13% 5.0%
21089 Greenup County, Kentucky -0.35% 3.5%
21099 Hart County, Kentucky 0.65% 2.6%
21103 Henry County, Kentucky 0.08% 2.3%
21109 Jackson County, Kentucky -0.16% 3.7%
21113 Jessamine County, Kentucky 1.00% 3.0%
21115 Johnson County, Kentucky 0.09% 4.6%
21125 Laurel County, Kentucky 0.31% 1.9%
21127 Lawrence County, Kentucky -0.07% 4.9%
21129 Lee County, Kentucky -2.35% 5.3%
21133 Letcher County, Kentucky -1.31% 2.2%
21137 Lincoln County, Kentucky -0.53% 3.1%
35
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
21143 Lyon County, Kentucky 0.52% 1.0%
21159 Martin County, Kentucky -0.60% 1.5%
21169 Metcalfe County, Kentucky -0.45% 3.9%
21171 Monroe County, Kentucky -0.91% 5.0%
21181 Nicholas County, Kentucky -0.41% 2.9%
21185 Oldham County, Kentucky 1.07% 6.1%
21187 Owen County, Kentucky -0.56% 3.3%
21189 Owsley County, Kentucky -0.86% 0.9%
21195 Pike County, Kentucky -0.83% 4.5%
21201 Robertson County, Kentucky -0.55% 4.2%
21209 Scott County, Kentucky 1.72% 5.3%
21211 Shelby County, Kentucky 1.51% 6.8%
21215 Spencer County, Kentucky 1.00% 5.2%
21219 Todd County, Kentucky 0.21% 3.4%
21221 Trigg County, Kentucky -0.12% 3.6%
21225 Union County, Kentucky -0.58% 5.9%
21227 Warren County, Kentucky 1.22% 6.0%
21233 Webster County, Kentucky -0.37% 2.9%
22003 Allen Parish, Louisiana -0.26% 5.8%
22011 Beauregard Parish, Louisiana 0.31% 5.8%
22013 Bienville Parish, Louisiana -0.82% 5.1%
22021 Caldwell Parish, Louisiana -0.46% 5.8%
22027 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana -0.99% 3.3%
22029 Concordia Parish, Louisiana -0.63% 4.1%
22031 De Soto Parish, Louisiana 0.44% 5.8%
22035 East Carroll Parish, Louisiana -0.90% 3.9%
22037 East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana -0.75% 4.6%
22043 Grant Parish, Louisiana -0.44% 3.7%
22047 Iberville Parish, Louisiana -0.02% 1.9%
22049 Jackson Parish, Louisiana -0.38% 4.4%
22053 Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana -0.36% 4.6%
22055 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana 1.29% 5.9%
22057 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana 0.16% 4.5%
22059 LaSalle Parish, Louisiana -0.31% 1.0%
22065 Madison Parish, Louisiana -0.46% 5.6%
22075 Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana 0.62% 4.9%
36
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
22079 Rapides Parish, Louisiana 0.24% 5.4%
22083 Richland Parish, Louisiana 0.17% 5.4%
22087 St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana 5.73% 8.2%
22089 St. Charles Parish, Louisiana -0.15% 5.2%
22093 St. James Parish, Louisiana -0.42% 4.0%
22095 St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana -1.42% 5.3%
22101 St. Mary Parish, Louisiana -0.63% 4.4%
22109 Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana 0.36% 5.6%
22113 Vermilion Parish, Louisiana 0.66% 4.4%
22117 Washington Parish, Louisiana -0.50% 5.4%
22121 West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 0.86% 4.8%
22123 West Carroll Parish, Louisiana -0.34% 5.3%
23001 Androscoggin County, Maine -0.02% 5.3%
23005 Cumberland County, Maine 0.48% 5.8%
23011 Kennebec County, Maine -0.25% 5.0%
23019 Penobscot County, Maine -0.10% 5.1%
23021 Piscataquis County, Maine -0.80% 3.9%
23027 Waldo County, Maine 0.12% 4.3%
24003 Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1.01% 4.8%
24009 Calvert County, Maryland 0.57% 3.4%
24013 Carroll County, Maryland 0.07% 4.8%
24017 Charles County, Maryland 1.29% 6.5%
24019 Dorchester County, Maryland -0.02% 3.6%
24021 Frederick County, Maryland 1.02% 3.3%
24027 Howard County, Maryland 1.83% 4.2%
24031 Montgomery County, Maryland 1.38% 3.7%
25007 Dukes County, Massachusetts 1.40% 5.8%
25009 Essex County, Massachusetts 0.76% 4.3%
25011 Franklin County, Massachusetts -0.04% 3.3%
25013 Hampden County, Massachusetts 0.24% 4.4%
25015 Hampshire County, Massachusetts 0.08% 3.8%
25017 Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1.02% 3.9%
25021 Norfolk County, Massachusetts 0.74% 4.7%
25025 Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1.38% 4.4%
26035 Clare County, Michigan -0.46% 3.4%
26041 Delta County, Michigan -0.14% 3.8%
37
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
26043 Dickinson County, Michigan -0.08% 2.7%
26045 Eaton County, Michigan 0.15% 5.8%
26051 Gladwin County, Michigan -0.29% 4.3%
26053 Gogebic County, Michigan -0.98% 3.8%
26057 Gratiot County, Michigan -0.35% 3.8%
26073 Isabella County, Michigan 0.06% 5.1%
26077 Kalamazoo County, Michigan 0.79% 5.8%
26079 Kalkaska County, Michigan 0.15% 4.3%
26081 Kent County, Michigan 1.03% 6.2%
26091 Lenawee County, Michigan -0.15% 5.0%
26093 Livingston County, Michigan 0.63% 5.5%
26099 Macomb County, Michigan 0.54% 5.4%
26105 Mason County, Michigan -0.14% 4.2%
26109 Menominee County, Michigan -0.25% 2.2%
26111 Midland County, Michigan 0.10% 3.0%
26123 Newaygo County, Michigan -0.26% 4.7%
26127 Oceana County, Michigan -0.35% 4.1%
26129 Ogemaw County, Michigan -0.63% 4.1%
26133 Osceola County, Michigan -0.35% 4.1%
26137 Otsego County, Michigan -0.03% 5.4%
26139 Ottawa County, Michigan 1.08% 6.6%
26155 Shiawassee County, Michigan -0.83% 5.5%
26159 Van Buren County, Michigan -0.31% 5.4%
26161 Washtenaw County, Michigan 0.86% 4.9%
27001 Aitkin County, Minnesota -1.00% 4.2%
27003 Anoka County, Minnesota 0.81% 4.9%
27005 Becker County, Minnesota 0.71% 3.9%
27009 Benton County, Minnesota 0.65% 5.3%
27013 Blue Earth County, Minnesota 0.75% 4.9%
27015 Brown County, Minnesota -0.70% 3.9%
27017 Carlton County, Minnesota 0.05% 2.7%
27019 Carver County, Minnesota 1.52% 3.7%
27021 Cass County, Minnesota -0.10% 5.0%
27023 Chippewa County, Minnesota -0.96% 3.4%
27025 Chisago County, Minnesota -0.10% 4.4%
27029 Clearwater County, Minnesota 0.50% 3.5%
38
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
27031 Cook County, Minnesota 0.20% 2.2%
27033 Cottonwood County, Minnesota -0.22% 4.7%
27035 Crow Wing County, Minnesota 0.32% 4.6%
27037 Dakota County, Minnesota 0.78% 4.8%
27043 Faribault County, Minnesota -0.72% 3.8%
27045 Fillmore County, Minnesota 0.00% 4.1%
27053 Hennepin County, Minnesota 1.27% 4.4%
27055 Houston County, Minnesota -0.35% 3.1%
27057 Hubbard County, Minnesota 0.40% 5.3%
27061 Itasca County, Minnesota 0.39% 5.9%
27063 Jackson County, Minnesota -0.02% 5.4%
27065 Kanabec County, Minnesota -0.50% 4.4%
27067 Kandiyohi County, Minnesota 0.13% 3.3%
27071 Koochiching County, Minnesota -0.24% 2.9%
27075 Lake County, Minnesota -0.26% 5.4%
27079 Le Sueur County, Minnesota 0.13% 4.3%
27085 McLeod County, Minnesota -0.63% 5.9%
27087 Mahnomen County, Minnesota 0.66% 3.4%
27095 Mille Lacs County, Minnesota -0.31% 3.3%
27097 Morrison County, Minnesota -0.36% 1.8%
27099 Mower County, Minnesota 0.09% 3.9%
27103 Nicollet County, Minnesota 0.30% 4.2%
27105 Nobles County, Minnesota 0.36% 1.9%
27111 Otter Tail County, Minnesota 0.19% 5.7%
27113 Pennington County, Minnesota 0.41% 4.4%
27115 Pine County, Minnesota -0.69% 2.3%
27119 Polk County, Minnesota -0.09% 4.6%
27123 Ramsey County, Minnesota 1.12% 4.2%
27131 Rice County, Minnesota 0.40% 5.8%
27133 Rock County, Minnesota -0.48% 0.0%
27137 St. Louis County, Minnesota 0.06% 3.9%
27139 Scott County, Minnesota 1.69% 3.9%
27143 Sibley County, Minnesota -0.35% 4.5%
27145 Stearns County, Minnesota 0.31% 5.8%
27147 Steele County, Minnesota -0.04% 2.7%
27159 Wadena County, Minnesota -0.07% 5.4%
39
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
27161 Waseca County, Minnesota -0.06% 4.7%
27163 Washington County, Minnesota 1.06% 4.0%
27167 Wilkin County, Minnesota -0.08% 5.9%
27171 Wright County, Minnesota 0.88% 3.5%
27173 Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota -0.95% 4.7%
28001 Adams County, Mississippi -0.51% 2.4%
28007 Attala County, Mississippi -0.42% 2.1%
28013 Calhoun County, Mississippi -0.49% 5.8%
28015 Carroll County, Mississippi -0.67% 5.5%
28023 Clarke County, Mississippi -0.66% 3.5%
28029 Copiah County, Mississippi -0.57% 3.8%
28031 Covington County, Mississippi -0.29% 2.7%
28033 DeSoto County, Mississippi 1.32% 6.0%
28055 Issaquena County, Mississippi -0.07% 1.7%
28087 Lowndes County, Mississippi 0.06% 5.2%
28089 Madison County, Mississippi 1.65% 6.3%
28097 Montgomery County, Mississippi -1.09% 4.9%
28121 Rankin County, Mississippi 1.08% 5.0%
28125 Sharkey County, Mississippi -1.18% 2.8%
28129 Smith County, Mississippi -0.47% 0.0%
28133 Sunflower County, Mississippi -1.19% 5.9%
28135 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi -0.57% 5.5%
28147 Walthall County, Mississippi -1.03% 5.6%
28153 Wayne County, Mississippi -0.37% 0.0%
28155 Webster County, Mississippi -0.99% 4.8%
28159 Winston County, Mississippi -0.72% 5.8%
28163 Yazoo County, Mississippi -0.24% 3.3%
29003 Andrew County, Missouri 0.13% 0.5%
29009 Barry County, Missouri -0.17% 3.2%
29011 Barton County, Missouri -0.30% 2.3%
29015 Benton County, Missouri -0.33% 5.1%
29019 Boone County, Missouri 1.53% 4.3%
29023 Butler County, Missouri 0.21% 4.9%
29025 Caldwell County, Missouri -1.25% 3.6%
29027 Callaway County, Missouri 0.02% 5.2%
29035 Carter County, Missouri -0.01% 2.6%
40
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
29041 Chariton County, Missouri -0.95% 3.0%
29051 Cole County, Missouri 0.25% 2.1%
29053 Cooper County, Missouri 0.12% 4.8%
29057 Dade County, Missouri -1.21% 3.2%
29063 DeKalb County, Missouri -0.10% 5.6%
29067 Douglas County, Missouri -0.33% 4.0%
29069 Dunklin County, Missouri -0.25% 1.6%
29071 Franklin County, Missouri 0.09% 5.2%
29075 Gentry County, Missouri 0.23% 3.8%
29079 Grundy County, Missouri 0.31% 4.7%
29083 Henry County, Missouri -0.27% 2.2%
29087 Holt County, Missouri -2.31% 2.5%
29093 Iron County, Missouri -0.79% 4.0%
29101 Johnson County, Missouri 1.17% 5.3%
29103 Knox County, Missouri -0.47% 0.9%
29113 Lincoln County, Missouri 0.72% 5.6%
29117 Livingston County, Missouri -0.59% 5.8%
29121 Macon County, Missouri -0.12% 0.5%
29127 Marion County, Missouri 0.12% 5.1%
29131 Miller County, Missouri 0.51% 2.4%
29133 Mississippi County, Missouri -0.12% 1.6%
29141 Morgan County, Missouri -0.50% 2.6%
29143 New Madrid County, Missouri -1.02% 3.8%
29145 Newton County, Missouri 0.41% 3.1%
29147 Nodaway County, Missouri -0.17% 2.7%
29167 Polk County, Missouri -0.20% 2.7%
29169 Pulaski County, Missouri 0.54% 5.5%
29175 Randolph County, Missouri -0.66% 1.5%
29179 Reynolds County, Missouri -0.44% 2.8%
29181 Ripley County, Missouri -0.18% 2.2%
29183 St. Charles County, Missouri 1.08% 4.9%
29195 Saline County, Missouri -0.21% 5.3%
29199 Scotland County, Missouri 0.63% 5.4%
29205 Shelby County, Missouri -1.00% 3.8%
29207 Stoddard County, Missouri -0.26% 3.1%
29209 Stone County, Missouri -0.79% 4.1%
41
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
29211 Sullivan County, Missouri -1.34% 5.6%
29215 Texas County, Missouri -0.50% 4.6%
29219 Warren County, Missouri 0.43% 0.0%
29221 Washington County, Missouri 0.00% 3.3%
29223 Wayne County, Missouri -0.27% 4.4%
29227 Worth County, Missouri -0.98% 0.0%
29229 Wright County, Missouri -0.67% 5.4%
30001 Beaverhead County, Montana 0.33% 3.4%
30007 Broadwater County, Montana 0.31% 0.0%
30015 Chouteau County, Montana 0.28% 5.2%
30017 Custer County, Montana 0.72% 3.9%
30019 Daniels County, Montana 0.93% 0.0%
30021 Dawson County, Montana 1.88% 3.6%
30031 Gallatin County, Montana 1.88% 4.9%
30035 Glacier County, Montana 0.73% 3.2%
30041 Hill County, Montana 0.87% 4.1%
30043 Jefferson County, Montana 0.30% 4.8%
30049 Lewis and Clark County, Montana 0.91% 5.7%
30051 Liberty County, Montana 0.22% 5.5%
30063 Missoula County, Montana 0.72% 4.8%
30069 Petroleum County, Montana 0.96% 0.0%
30073 Pondera County, Montana 0.23% 5.2%
30075 Powder River County, Montana 0.37% 5.7%
30079 Prairie County, Montana -0.26% 0.0%
30083 Richland County, Montana 4.82% 4.2%
30085 Roosevelt County, Montana 2.15% 6.6%
30089 Sanders County, Montana -0.10% 4.5%
30095 Stillwater County, Montana 0.75% 3.8%
30103 Treasure County, Montana -0.81% 5.7%
30109 Wibaux County, Montana 3.76% 0.0%
30111 Yellowstone County, Montana 1.28% 4.4%
31001 Adams County, Nebraska 0.29% 3.7%
31003 Antelope County, Nebraska -1.02% 2.1%
31005 Arthur County, Nebraska -0.47% 5.6%
31007 Banner County, Nebraska 2.91% 0.0%
31009 Blaine County, Nebraska 0.83% 0.0%
42
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
31017 Brown County, Nebraska -2.37% 0.0%
31019 Buffalo County, Nebraska 1.23% 4.9%
31023 Butler County, Nebraska -0.24% 1.8%
31029 Chase County, Nebraska 0.31% 4.4%
31031 Cherry County, Nebraska 0.41% 5.5%
31033 Cheyenne County, Nebraska 0.43% 1.4%
31037 Colfax County, Nebraska -0.37% 3.7%
31039 Cuming County, Nebraska -0.53% 2.5%
31041 Custer County, Nebraska -0.36% 1.7%
31043 Dakota County, Nebraska -0.13% 3.0%
31045 Dawes County, Nebraska -0.29% 5.8%
31049 Deuel County, Nebraska 0.01% 0.0%
31053 Dodge County, Nebraska -0.17% 3.3%
31057 Dundy County, Nebraska -0.44% 2.8%
31059 Fillmore County, Nebraska -1.08% 3.1%
31061 Franklin County, Nebraska -1.52% 3.8%
31065 Furnas County, Nebraska -0.60% 3.0%
31069 Garden County, Nebraska -2.90% 4.6%
31071 Garfield County, Nebraska -0.08% 4.0%
31079 Hall County, Nebraska 1.09% 1.6%
31081 Hamilton County, Nebraska -0.05% 4.4%
31083 Harlan County, Nebraska 0.82% 3.8%
31085 Hayes County, Nebraska 0.58% 3.8%
31087 Hitchcock County, Nebraska -0.24% 5.9%
31089 Holt County, Nebraska -0.02% 1.8%
31097 Johnson County, Nebraska -0.46% 3.4%
31107 Knox County, Nebraska -0.39% 3.4%
31109 Lancaster County, Nebraska 1.26% 5.1%
31121 Merrick County, Nebraska -0.23% 2.8%
31123 Morrill County, Nebraska -0.87% 5.5%
31125 Nance County, Nebraska -0.96% 5.9%
31127 Nemaha County, Nebraska -0.42% 4.1%
31129 Nuckolls County, Nebraska -0.70% 5.6%
31131 Otoe County, Nebraska -0.03% 4.9%
31133 Pawnee County, Nebraska -0.74% 3.4%
31135 Perkins County, Nebraska -0.73% 4.8%
43
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
31137 Phelps County, Nebraska 0.10% 2.4%
31143 Polk County, Nebraska -0.69% 3.9%
31145 Red Willow County, Nebraska -0.14% 5.1%
31147 Richardson County, Nebraska -0.88% 5.7%
31149 Rock County, Nebraska -2.36% 0.0%
31153 Sarpy County, Nebraska 1.96% 5.6%
31155 Saunders County, Nebraska 0.11% 4.7%
31157 Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska -0.19% 5.4%
31167 Stanton County, Nebraska 0.03% 2.8%
31171 Thomas County, Nebraska 2.56% 0.0%
31181 Webster County, Nebraska -1.11% 2.3%
31183 Wheeler County, Nebraska -2.57% 0.0%
32007 Elko County, Nevada 2.29% 5.3%
32011 Eureka County, Nevada 1.35% 0.0%
32015 Lander County, Nevada 1.39% 0.0%
33005 Cheshire County, New Hampshire -0.17% 4.2%
33007 Coos County, New Hampshire -0.97% 4.8%
33011 Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 0.25% 5.7%
33013 Merrimack County, New Hampshire 0.10% 5.4%
33015 Rockingham County, New Hampshire 0.43% 4.6%
33017 Strafford County, New Hampshire 0.38% 5.1%
33019 Sullivan County, New Hampshire -0.56% 5.4%
34003 Bergen County, New Jersey 0.69% 4.4%
34005 Burlington County, New Jersey 0.12% 5.9%
34007 Camden County, New Jersey -0.05% 3.7%
34017 Hudson County, New Jersey 1.27% 6.7%
34023 Middlesex County, New Jersey 0.73% 5.1%
34025 Monmouth County, New Jersey -0.06% 5.4%
34029 Ocean County, New Jersey 0.33% 4.8%
35009 Curry County, New Mexico 1.10% 6.1%
35023 Hidalgo County, New Mexico -1.36% 5.4%
35035 Otero County, New Mexico 0.66% 3.1%
35043 Sandoval County, New Mexico 1.05% 5.6%
36NYC New York City, NY 0.87% 3.8%
36003 Allegany County, New York -0.58% 4.3%
36009 Cattaraugus County, New York -0.56% 4.1%
44
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
36011 Cayuga County, New York -0.15% 4.4%
36015 Chemung County, New York -0.16% 3.8%
36017 Chenango County, New York -0.55% 4.6%
36019 Clinton County, New York -0.19% 5.2%
36021 Columbia County, New York -0.41% 5.4%
36023 Cortland County, New York -0.19% 5.0%
36029 Erie County, New York 0.04% 5.2%
36033 Franklin County, New York 0.07% 5.4%
36037 Genesee County, New York -0.33% 4.4%
36043 Herkimer County, New York -0.13% 4.1%
36045 Jefferson County, New York 0.83% 4.2%
36049 Lewis County, New York 0.10% 4.7%
36057 Montgomery County, New York -0.27% 4.7%
36059 Nassau County, New York 0.28% 4.3%
36065 Oneida County, New York -0.18% 5.6%
36067 Onondaga County, New York 0.07% 5.9%
36069 Ontario County, New York 0.32% 4.8%
36071 Orange County, New York 0.19% 4.2%
36073 Orleans County, New York -0.48% 4.5%
36079 Putnam County, New York -0.03% 3.7%
36083 Rensselaer County, New York 0.11% 4.3%
36087 Rockland County, New York 0.89% 5.8%
36089 St. Lawrence County, New York 0.06% 3.6%
36091 Saratoga County, New York 0.59% 4.5%
36093 Schenectady County, New York 0.09% 4.9%
36095 Schoharie County, New York -0.84% 5.6%
36097 Schuyler County, New York 0.29% 4.0%
36101 Steuben County, New York -0.10% 4.3%
36103 Suffolk County, New York 0.12% 5.1%
36107 Tioga County, New York -0.52% 2.1%
36109 Tompkins County, New York 0.63% 1.9%
36115 Washington County, New York -0.12% 2.6%
36117 Wayne County, New York -0.45% 5.4%
36121 Wyoming County, New York -0.45% 2.1%
36123 Yates County, New York -0.26% 3.8%
37007 Anson County, North Carolina -0.91% 5.2%
45
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
37021 Buncombe County, North Carolina 1.25% 5.7%
37037 Chatham County, North Carolina 1.57% 6.4%
37041 Chowan County, North Carolina -0.06% 3.3%
37053 Currituck County, North Carolina 1.04% 7.3%
37063 Durham County, North Carolina 2.09% 7.0%
37069 Franklin County, North Carolina 0.80% 3.4%
37073 Gates County, North Carolina -1.42% 0.0%
37077 Granville County, North Carolina 0.36% 5.7%
37079 Greene County, North Carolina -0.23% 3.9%
37095 Hyde County, North Carolina -0.45% 3.0%
37103 Jones County, North Carolina 0.44% 4.2%
37105 Lee County, North Carolina 1.34% 5.2%
37109 Lincoln County, North Carolina 0.57% 5.0%
37115 Madison County, North Carolina 0.39% 3.2%
37119 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 2.39% 6.6%
37131 Northampton County, North Carolina -1.80% 5.6%
37165 Scotland County, North Carolina -0.07% 4.9%
37177 Tyrrell County, North Carolina -2.33% 1.6%
37179 Union County, North Carolina 1.72% 6.4%
37185 Warren County, North Carolina -0.56% 2.8%
37191 Wayne County, North Carolina 0.45% 5.8%
37195 Wilson County, North Carolina 0.15% 4.9%
37199 Yancey County, North Carolina -0.45% 5.0%
38005 Benson County, North Dakota 1.05% 6.9%
38007 Billings County, North Dakota 4.42% 4.6%
38009 Bottineau County, North Dakota 1.58% 3.0%
38013 Burke County, North Dakota 5.48% 0.6%
38015 Burleigh County, North Dakota 2.69% 3.7%
38017 Cass County, North Dakota 2.72% 4.8%
38019 Cavalier County, North Dakota -0.72% 0.3%
38021 Dickey County, North Dakota -0.20% 5.2%
38023 Divide County, North Dakota 3.74% 0.0%
38025 Dunn County, North Dakota 5.55% 8.6%
38031 Foster County, North Dakota 0.23% 1.7%
38033 Golden Valley County, North Dakota 2.79% 0.9%
38039 Griggs County, North Dakota -1.56% 0.0%
46
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
38043 Kidder County, North Dakota -0.15% 4.8%
38045 LaMoure County, North Dakota 0.30% 3.6%
38049 McHenry County, North Dakota 3.17% 5.3%
38053 McKenzie County, North Dakota 13.38% 1.4%
38055 McLean County, North Dakota 1.92% 2.8%
38059 Morton County, North Dakota 1.70% 4.2%
38061 Mountrail County, North Dakota 6.68% 6.4%
38069 Pierce County, North Dakota 0.69% 0.0%
38079 Rolette County, North Dakota 1.37% 5.5%
38085 Sioux County, North Dakota 2.23% 2.0%
38087 Slope County, North Dakota 1.57% 0.0%
38089 Stark County, North Dakota 5.05% 6.5%
38091 Steele County, North Dakota -0.22% 5.9%
38093 Stutsman County, North Dakota 0.01% 5.5%
38101 Ward County, North Dakota 3.08% 5.4%
38105 Williams County, North Dakota 9.45% 2.5%
39003 Allen County, Ohio -0.34% 5.8%
39005 Ashland County, Ohio -0.18% 5.7%
39011 Auglaize County, Ohio -0.01% 5.7%
39019 Carroll County, Ohio -0.61% 0.0%
39029 Columbiana County, Ohio -0.60% 5.3%
39033 Crawford County, Ohio -0.75% 5.2%
39041 Delaware County, Ohio 1.82% 4.7%
39043 Erie County, Ohio -0.42% 5.7%
39047 Fayette County, Ohio -0.26% 5.0%
39057 Greene County, Ohio 0.33% 5.9%
39067 Harrison County, Ohio -0.47% 2.8%
39069 Henry County, Ohio -0.01% 3.1%
39071 Highland County, Ohio -0.23% 3.3%
39075 Holmes County, Ohio 0.87% 5.6%
39079 Jackson County, Ohio -0.46% 3.6%
39081 Jefferson County, Ohio -0.79% 2.5%
39083 Knox County, Ohio -0.15% 3.2%
39089 Licking County, Ohio 0.33% 4.3%
39093 Lorain County, Ohio 0.15% 5.6%
39097 Madison County, Ohio -0.11% 4.7%
47
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
39101 Marion County, Ohio -0.28% 5.2%
39103 Medina County, Ohio 0.46% 4.4%
39105 Meigs County, Ohio -0.33% 0.9%
39109 Miami County, Ohio 0.32% 5.5%
39117 Morrow County, Ohio 0.20% 1.1%
39121 Noble County, Ohio -0.01% 2.9%
39123 Ottawa County, Ohio -0.20% 5.1%
39127 Perry County, Ohio -0.04% 5.2%
39129 Pickaway County, Ohio 0.32% 4.0%
39131 Pike County, Ohio -0.42% 3.9%
39133 Portage County, Ohio 0.00% 4.8%
39139 Richland County, Ohio -0.65% 5.3%
39145 Scioto County, Ohio -0.58% 4.2%
39159 Union County, Ohio 0.56% 4.3%
39165 Warren County, Ohio 0.92% 4.6%
39169 Wayne County, Ohio 0.17% 4.1%
39171 Williams County, Ohio -0.02% 5.6%
39175 Wyandot County, Ohio -0.20% 5.2%
40003 Alfalfa County, Oklahoma 1.28% 3.5%
40017 Canadian County, Oklahoma 2.73% 6.2%
40033 Cotton County, Oklahoma -0.15% 3.4%
40037 Creek County, Oklahoma 0.16% 5.3%
40039 Custer County, Oklahoma 2.24% 3.7%
40043 Dewey County, Oklahoma 0.19% 2.7%
40051 Grady County, Oklahoma 0.76% 4.9%
40055 Greer County, Oklahoma -0.16% 3.9%
40065 Jackson County, Oklahoma -0.48% 5.5%
40075 Kiowa County, Oklahoma -0.31% 0.7%
40077 Latimer County, Oklahoma -1.11% 5.1%
40083 Logan County, Oklahoma 1.86% 6.9%
40093 Major County, Oklahoma 0.79% 3.0%
40107 Okfuskee County, Oklahoma 0.42% 3.8%
40119 Payne County, Oklahoma 0.70% 5.7%
40127 Pushmataha County, Oklahoma -1.02% 5.0%
40129 Roger Mills County, Oklahoma 0.98% 0.0%
40131 Rogers County, Oklahoma 0.77% 4.9%
48
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
40139 Texas County, Oklahoma 1.99% 5.0%
40145 Wagoner County, Oklahoma 1.04% 6.3%
40147 Washington County, Oklahoma 0.32% 4.0%
40149 Washita County, Oklahoma 0.24% 4.9%
41001 Baker County, Oregon -0.15% 4.7%
41005 Clackamas County, Oregon 0.99% 4.8%
41009 Columbia County, Oregon 0.00% 4.6%
41027 Hood River County, Oregon 0.35% 5.7%
41029 Jackson County, Oregon 0.83% 4.4%
41033 Josephine County, Oregon 0.19% 5.6%
41039 Lane County, Oregon 0.41% 3.8%
41047 Marion County, Oregon 0.80% 5.1%
41051 Multnomah County, Oregon 1.29% 3.6%
41053 Polk County, Oregon 0.53% 3.5%
41055 Sherman County, Oregon -0.77% 4.0%
41059 Umatilla County, Oregon 0.29% 5.3%
41061 Union County, Oregon -0.12% 5.6%
41063 Wallowa County, Oregon -1.01% 5.5%
41067 Washington County, Oregon 1.46% 4.5%
42001 Adams County, Pennsylvania 0.03% 3.8%
42003 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 0.21% 4.9%
42007 Beaver County, Pennsylvania -0.09% 4.6%
42009 Bedford County, Pennsylvania -0.46% 5.2%
42011 Berks County, Pennsylvania 0.14% 5.8%
42013 Blair County, Pennsylvania -0.19% 4.5%
42019 Butler County, Pennsylvania 0.26% 4.8%
42021 Cambria County, Pennsylvania -0.69% 4.2%
42025 Carbon County, Pennsylvania -0.22% 4.0%
42027 Centre County, Pennsylvania 0.27% 1.9%
42029 Chester County, Pennsylvania 0.64% 4.6%
42033 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania -0.16% 4.5%
42035 Clinton County, Pennsylvania 0.61% 3.9%
42037 Columbia County, Pennsylvania -0.26% 2.1%
42039 Crawford County, Pennsylvania -0.49% 5.4%
42041 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 0.73% 3.8%
42055 Franklin County, Pennsylvania 0.48% 5.9%
49
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
42057 Fulton County, Pennsylvania -0.45% 1.2%
42059 Greene County, Pennsylvania -0.67% 4.7%
42063 Indiana County, Pennsylvania -0.40% 5.1%
42067 Juniata County, Pennsylvania 0.31% 3.3%
42069 Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania -0.07% 4.4%
42071 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 0.59% 4.0%
42075 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania 0.43% 3.4%
42079 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania -0.09% 3.6%
42081 Lycoming County, Pennsylvania 0.17% 4.7%
42083 McKean County, Pennsylvania -0.29% 3.4%
42087 Mifflin County, Pennsylvania -0.03% 5.7%
42093 Montour County, Pennsylvania 0.38% 1.4%
42095 Northampton County, Pennsylvania 0.20% 5.7%
42097 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -0.10% 5.0%
42099 Perry County, Pennsylvania -0.33% 5.1%
42103 Pike County, Pennsylvania -0.43% 3.1%
42107 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania -0.30% 4.7%
42109 Snyder County, Pennsylvania 0.10% 5.3%
42111 Somerset County, Pennsylvania -0.51% 4.4%
42115 Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania -0.84% 4.3%
42117 Tioga County, Pennsylvania 0.35% 4.3%
42121 Venango County, Pennsylvania -0.64% 4.2%
42125 Washington County, Pennsylvania 0.05% 5.6%
42127 Wayne County, Pennsylvania -0.89% 5.8%
42129 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania -0.24% 4.8%
42131 Wyoming County, Pennsylvania -0.30% 0.5%
42133 York County, Pennsylvania 0.26% 5.1%
44003 Kent County, Rhode Island -0.20% 5.0%
44005 Newport County, Rhode Island -0.20% 3.4%
44009 Washington County, Rhode Island -0.19% 4.6%
45001 Abbeville County, South Carolina -0.45% 3.7%
45003 Aiken County, South Carolina 0.74% 5.9%
45017 Calhoun County, South Carolina -0.12% 3.2%
45027 Clarendon County, South Carolina -0.57% 4.2%
45037 Edgefield County, South Carolina -0.66% 4.8%
45039 Fairfield County, South Carolina -1.05% 4.2%
50
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
45053 Jasper County, South Carolina 2.21% 5.1%
45055 Kershaw County, South Carolina 0.45% 2.9%
45059 Laurens County, South Carolina -0.15% 5.6%
45061 Lee County, South Carolina -1.51% 1.9%
45065 McCormick County, South Carolina -0.93% 4.2%
45089 Williamsburg County, South Carolina -1.25% 3.7%
45091 York County, South Carolina 1.80% 5.8%
46005 Beadle County, South Dakota 1.27% 6.6%
46007 Bennett County, South Dakota 0.10% 4.3%
46013 Brown County, South Dakota 1.16% 6.4%
46015 Brule County, South Dakota 0.62% 4.7%
46017 Buffalo County, South Dakota 1.39% 4.2%
46019 Butte County, South Dakota 0.66% 3.5%
46021 Campbell County, South Dakota -3.26% 0.0%
46027 Clay County, South Dakota 0.21% 3.2%
46029 Codington County, South Dakota 0.77% 1.3%
46031 Corson County, South Dakota 1.20% 4.1%
46033 Custer County, South Dakota 0.79% 3.1%
46035 Davison County, South Dakota 0.51% 0.3%
46041 Dewey County, South Dakota 1.58% 7.2%
46045 Edmunds County, South Dakota -0.28% 2.7%
46049 Faulk County, South Dakota 0.27% 3.3%
46061 Hanson County, South Dakota 0.59% 4.4%
46063 Harding County, South Dakota 0.51% 3.5%
46065 Hughes County, South Dakota 0.86% 4.2%
46067 Hutchinson County, South Dakota -0.87% 5.8%
46069 Hyde County, South Dakota -0.56% 0.0%
46071 Jackson County, South Dakota 1.84% 1.2%
46073 Jerauld County, South Dakota -0.28% 3.2%
46075 Jones County, South Dakota -0.19% 0.0%
46077 Kingsbury County, South Dakota -0.45% 5.8%
46079 Lake County, South Dakota 2.26% 0.3%
46083 Lincoln County, South Dakota 3.34% 6.4%
46085 Lyman County, South Dakota 1.08% 2.7%
46091 Marshall County, South Dakota 0.87% 5.4%
46097 Miner County, South Dakota -0.68% 5.2%
51
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
46099 Minnehaha County, South Dakota 1.86% 6.4%
46101 Moody County, South Dakota -0.46% 3.5%
46103 Pennington County, South Dakota 1.44% 4.8%
46105 Perkins County, South Dakota 0.70% 4.6%
46107 Potter County, South Dakota 0.79% 3.5%
46111 Sanborn County, South Dakota -0.48% 3.8%
46113 Shannon County, South Dakota 1.13% 6.1%
46115 Spink County, South Dakota 1.04% 4.8%
46121 Todd County, South Dakota 1.19% 6.9%
46123 Tripp County, South Dakota -0.84% 4.5%
46137 Ziebach County, South Dakota 0.13% 2.5%
47013 Campbell County, Tennessee -0.38% 5.9%
47015 Cannon County, Tennessee -0.04% 5.8%
47019 Carter County, Tennessee -0.02% 5.8%
47021 Cheatham County, Tennessee 0.32% 5.1%
47025 Claiborne County, Tennessee -0.70% 3.4%
47031 Coffee County, Tennessee 0.36% 4.1%
47033 Crockett County, Tennessee 0.05% 3.7%
47035 Cumberland County, Tennessee 0.74% 4.3%
47045 Dyer County, Tennessee -0.09% 5.1%
47051 Franklin County, Tennessee 0.11% 4.8%
47067 Hancock County, Tennessee -0.70% 5.2%
47081 Hickman County, Tennessee -0.55% 5.1%
47083 Houston County, Tennessee -0.62% 4.8%
47085 Humphreys County, Tennessee -0.58% 3.8%
47089 Jefferson County, Tennessee 0.43% 4.4%
47091 Johnson County, Tennessee -0.56% 4.4%
47093 Knox County, Tennessee 0.88% 5.3%
47095 Lake County, Tennessee -0.38% 4.7%
47099 Lawrence County, Tennessee 0.00% 3.4%
47101 Lewis County, Tennessee -0.52% 4.0%
47105 Loudon County, Tennessee 1.15% 6.4%
47119 Maury County, Tennessee 1.05% 5.2%
47121 Meigs County, Tennessee -0.36% 1.6%
47135 Perry County, Tennessee -0.22% 5.8%
47153 Sequatchie County, Tennessee 1.28% 5.3%
52
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
47171 Unicoi County, Tennessee -0.38% 4.3%
47173 Union County, Tennessee -0.03% 5.9%
47179 Washington County, Tennessee 0.60% 5.9%
47181 Wayne County, Tennessee -0.09% 4.2%
47183 Weakley County, Tennessee -0.55% 5.1%
47187 Williamson County, Tennessee 2.61% 3.3%
48001 Anderson County, Texas -0.31% 4.8%
48003 Andrews County, Texas 4.23% 0.0%
48009 Archer County, Texas -1.42% 4.6%
48011 Armstrong County, Texas 0.82% 3.4%
48013 Atascosa County, Texas 1.56% 3.4%
48015 Austin County, Texas 0.47% 1.7%
48017 Bailey County, Texas -0.19% 0.0%
48023 Baylor County, Texas -0.93% 5.1%
48033 Borden County, Texas -0.37% 0.0%
48055 Caldwell County, Texas 0.97% 5.0%
48063 Camp County, Texas 0.03% 4.6%
48067 Cass County, Texas -0.11% 5.0%
48073 Cherokee County, Texas 0.00% 5.9%
48079 Cochran County, Texas -1.32% 4.4%
48081 Coke County, Texas -1.14% 4.9%
48093 Comanche County, Texas -0.87% 0.7%
48097 Cooke County, Texas 0.02% 5.0%
48101 Cottle County, Texas -1.07% 3.9%
48103 Crane County, Texas 2.97% 0.0%
48105 Crockett County, Texas 0.88% 0.0%
48109 Culberson County, Texas -1.72% 3.7%
48115 Dawson County, Texas -0.09% 1.2%
48121 Denton County, Texas 3.00% 6.8%
48131 Duval County, Texas -0.23% 4.0%
48135 Ector County, Texas 2.90% 4.3%
48139 Ellis County, Texas 1.21% 7.1%
48143 Erath County, Texas 1.53% 5.7%
48151 Fisher County, Texas -0.80% 0.0%
48153 Floyd County, Texas -0.90% 1.4%
48157 Fort Bend County, Texas 3.39% 6.9%
53
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
48165 Gaines County, Texas 2.49% 5.6%
48173 Glasscock County, Texas 0.65% 0.0%
48187 Guadalupe County, Texas 2.64% 6.0%
48195 Hansford County, Texas -0.30% 4.3%
48197 Hardeman County, Texas -1.09% 1.8%
48205 Hartley County, Texas 0.21% 0.0%
48209 Hays County, Texas 3.60% 5.9%
48211 Hemphill County, Texas 3.07% 4.5%
48215 Hidalgo County, Texas 1.55% 6.2%
48217 Hill County, Texas -0.29% 5.0%
48221 Hood County, Texas 1.00% 5.3%
48227 Howard County, Texas 1.07% 7.1%
48229 Hudspeth County, Texas -1.51% 2.5%
48235 Irion County, Texas 0.06% 0.0%
48237 Jack County, Texas -0.24% 1.5%
48243 Jeff Davis County, Texas -1.40% 4.9%
48249 Jim Wells County, Texas 0.65% 3.5%
48257 Kaufman County, Texas 1.49% 7.3%
48259 Kendall County, Texas 3.89% 6.5%
48261 Kenedy County, Texas -0.41% 0.0%
48263 Kent County, Texas -0.16% 0.0%
48265 Kerr County, Texas 0.21% 5.7%
48269 King County, Texas -0.22% 0.0%
48273 Kleberg County, Texas 0.01% 2.8%
48293 Limestone County, Texas -0.19% 1.4%
48295 Lipscomb County, Texas 2.01% 6.3%
48301 Loving County, Texas 6.12% 0.0%
48305 Lynn County, Texas -1.00% 3.1%
48315 Marion County, Texas -0.90% 1.7%
48319 Mason County, Texas 0.95% 0.0%
48327 Menard County, Texas -1.30% 5.8%
48329 Midland County, Texas 3.42% 7.2%
48333 Mills County, Texas -0.31% 4.2%
48335 Mitchell County, Texas -0.03% 4.3%
48341 Moore County, Texas 0.23% 4.6%
48349 Navarro County, Texas 0.19% 4.6%
54
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
48355 Nueces County, Texas 1.14% 6.8%
48357 Ochiltree County, Texas 2.01% 0.0%
48359 Oldham County, Texas 0.85% 4.5%
48367 Parker County, Texas 1.16% 1.7%
48369 Parmer County, Texas -1.05% 4.0%
48371 Pecos County, Texas 0.34% 5.8%
48381 Randall County, Texas 1.43% 7.2%
48383 Reagan County, Texas 2.42% 6.7%
48391 Refugio County, Texas -0.23% 4.0%
48393 Roberts County, Texas -3.34% 0.0%
48397 Rockwall County, Texas 2.57% 3.9%
48399 Runnels County, Texas -0.64% 3.4%
48401 Rusk County, Texas 0.14% 4.6%
48405 San Augustine County, Texas -0.29% 4.9%
48407 San Jacinto County, Texas 0.50% 5.6%
48413 Schleicher County, Texas -2.86% 0.0%
48415 Scurry County, Texas 0.68% 4.5%
48419 Shelby County, Texas 0.48% 3.7%
48425 Somervell County, Texas 0.58% 0.0%
48429 Stephens County, Texas -1.22% 4.6%
48431 Sterling County, Texas 2.35% 4.9%
48435 Sutton County, Texas -0.43% 2.4%
48437 Swisher County, Texas -0.55% 4.8%
48443 Terrell County, Texas -3.59% 3.4%
48451 Tom Green County, Texas 1.27% 5.1%
48453 Travis County, Texas 2.85% 5.4%
48461 Upton County, Texas 0.22% 4.4%
48469 Victoria County, Texas 1.20% 7.1%
48475 Ward County, Texas 1.95% 4.9%
48479 Webb County, Texas 1.46% 4.7%
48483 Wheeler County, Texas 2.08% 6.3%
48491 Williamson County, Texas 3.35% 5.7%
48493 Wilson County, Texas 1.78% 2.1%
48495 Winkler County, Texas 2.41% 0.0%
48501 Yoakum County, Texas 1.43% 6.0%
48503 Young County, Texas -0.34% 5.5%
55
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
48507 Zavala County, Texas 1.21% 3.1%
49005 Cache County, Utah 1.06% 2.4%
49009 Daggett County, Utah 2.01% 6.0%
49011 Davis County, Utah 1.53% 3.9%
49029 Morgan County, Utah 2.25% 0.0%
49031 Piute County, Utah -0.97% 3.8%
49033 Rich County, Utah 0.47% 5.5%
49035 Salt Lake County, Utah 1.49% 5.9%
49039 Sanpete County, Utah 0.43% 5.9%
49041 Sevier County, Utah 0.08% 4.2%
49047 Uintah County, Utah 3.12% 4.4%
49049 Utah County, Utah 2.03% 3.1%
49051 Wasatch County, Utah 3.71% 4.6%
49053 Washington County, Utah 2.21% 5.7%
50001 Addison County, Vermont -0.01% 5.4%
50003 Bennington County, Vermont -0.38% 3.0%
50007 Chittenden County, Vermont 0.58% 2.7%
50009 Essex County, Vermont -0.45% 5.3%
50011 Franklin County, Vermont 0.35% 5.5%
50015 Lamoille County, Vermont 0.74% 4.2%
50017 Orange County, Vermont -0.03% 4.6%
50023 Washington County, Vermont -0.13% 4.6%
50025 Windham County, Vermont -0.49% 4.7%
51001 Accomack County, Virginia -0.04% 2.6%
51005 Alleghany County, Virginia -0.11% 4.1%
51007 Amelia County, Virginia 0.02% 0.0%
51009 Amherst County, Virginia 0.13% 1.1%
51011 Appomattox County, Virginia 0.49% 4.3%
51013 Arlington County, Virginia 2.43% 5.8%
51021 Bland County, Virginia -0.43% 0.0%
51029 Buckingham County, Virginia 0.05% 0.8%
51031 Campbell County, Virginia 0.22% 5.5%
51033 Caroline County, Virginia 0.81% 5.8%
51036 Charles City County, Virginia -0.61% 4.0%
51037 Charlotte County, Virginia -0.69% 5.2%
51047 Culpeper County, Virginia 1.20% 5.5%
56
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
51049 Cumberland County, Virginia -0.66% 0.0%
51059 Fairfax County, Virginia 1.35% 4.0%
51065 Fluvanna County, Virginia 0.29% 3.2%
51069 Frederick County, Virginia 1.17% 3.3%
51075 Goochland County, Virginia -0.21% 0.8%
51077 Grayson County, Virginia -0.65% 4.8%
51083 Halifax County, Virginia -0.70% 2.8%
51085 Hanover County, Virginia 0.47% 2.4%
51087 Henrico County, Virginia 1.19% 5.9%
51091 Highland County, Virginia -1.15% 4.8%
51093 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 0.35% 4.8%
51101 King William County, Virginia 0.23% 2.5%
51103 Lancaster County, Virginia -0.65% 5.9%
51105 Lee County, Virginia -0.46% 5.9%
51107 Loudoun County, Virginia 3.50% 3.6%
51111 Lunenburg County, Virginia -0.96% 1.4%
51117 Mecklenburg County, Virginia -1.32% 3.6%
51119 Middlesex County, Virginia -0.63% 4.3%
51121 Montgomery County, Virginia 0.58% 3.5%
51127 New Kent County, Virginia 1.71% 0.0%
51131 Northampton County, Virginia -0.74% 1.5%
51133 Northumberland County, Virginia -0.41% 4.3%
51135 Nottoway County, Virginia -0.15% 2.8%
51143 Pittsylvania County, Virginia -0.63% 5.5%
51145 Powhatan County, Virginia 0.21% 0.0%
51147 Prince Edward County, Virginia -0.81% 3.9%
51153 Prince William County, Virginia 2.57% 4.7%
51155 Pulaski County, Virginia -0.31% 3.1%
51157 Rappahannock County, Virginia -0.09% 0.0%
51159 Richmond County, Virginia -1.12% 5.7%
51165 Rockingham County, Virginia 0.60% 5.4%
51171 Shenandoah County, Virginia 0.50% 4.8%
51175 Southampton County, Virginia -0.79% 5.7%
51177 Spotsylvania County, Virginia 1.19% 6.2%
51179 Stafford County, Virginia 1.77% 6.4%
51187 Warren County, Virginia 1.04% 4.9%
57
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
51193 Westmoreland County, Virginia 0.31% 3.9%
51510 Alexandria city, Virginia 1.87% 3.8%
51550 Chesapeake city, Virginia 1.04% 5.6%
51580 Covington city, Virginia -0.80% 5.0%
51595 Emporia city, Virginia -1.91% 3.2%
51600 Fairfax city, Virginia 1.99% 4.2%
51620 Franklin city, Virginia 0.13% 4.5%
51630 Fredericksburg city, Virginia 4.79% 7.3%
51660 Harrisonburg city, Virginia 1.57% 3.5%
51678 Lexington city, Virginia 0.55% 4.5%
51680 Lynchburg city, Virginia 1.00% 5.8%
51685 Manassas Park city, Virginia 3.80% 3.6%
51735 Poquoson city, Virginia -0.14% 3.8%
51770 Roanoke city, Virginia 0.57% 5.2%
51810 Virginia Beach city, Virginia 0.71% 4.4%
51830 Williamsburg city, Virginia 2.46% 7.0%
53001 Adams County, Washington 0.53% 1.6%
53003 Asotin County, Washington 0.63% 5.0%
53005 Benton County, Washington 1.50% 6.9%
53011 Clark County, Washington 1.30% 4.5%
53015 Cowlitz County, Washington -0.18% 5.2%
53017 Douglas County, Washington 0.80% 5.6%
53021 Franklin County, Washington 3.08% 1.7%
53029 Island County, Washington 0.04% 5.6%
53031 Jefferson County, Washington 0.19% 5.6%
53033 King County, Washington 1.81% 4.3%
53043 Lincoln County, Washington -0.84% 5.0%
53049 Pacific County, Washington -0.65% 5.4%
53051 Pend Oreille County, Washington -0.18% 5.3%
53053 Pierce County, Washington 1.01% 5.8%
53057 Skagit County, Washington 0.53% 5.9%
53061 Snohomish County, Washington 1.40% 5.1%
53065 Stevens County, Washington -0.05% 4.5%
53067 Thurston County, Washington 1.22% 5.6%
53069 Wahkiakum County, Washington 0.60% 2.1%
53071 Walla Walla County, Washington 0.35% 4.5%
58
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
53073 Whatcom County, Washington 0.79% 5.0%
53077 Yakima County, Washington 0.39% 4.0%
54011 Cabell County, West Virginia 0.27% 5.8%
54015 Clay County, West Virginia -0.40% 5.3%
54017 Doddridge County, West Virginia 0.58% 1.6%
54021 Gilmer County, West Virginia -0.15% 5.4%
54027 Hampshire County, West Virginia -0.71% 3.1%
54035 Jackson County, West Virginia -0.08% 4.1%
54041 Lewis County, West Virginia 0.13% 3.2%
54043 Lincoln County, West Virginia -0.17% 3.0%
54051 Marshall County, West Virginia -0.61% 5.9%
54055 Mercer County, West Virginia -0.18% 4.3%
54061 Monongalia County, West Virginia 1.86% 3.1%
54071 Pendleton County, West Virginia -1.00% 3.5%
54077 Preston County, West Virginia 0.30% 5.1%
54081 Raleigh County, West Virginia -0.03% 4.9%
54085 Ritchie County, West Virginia -1.05% 5.8%
54091 Taylor County, West Virginia 0.20% 1.8%
54095 Tyler County, West Virginia -0.72% 5.5%
54101 Webster County, West Virginia -0.93% 2.8%
54105 Wirt County, West Virginia 0.95% 1.5%
54109 Wyoming County, West Virginia -1.01% 2.8%
55009 Brown County, Wisconsin 0.81% 5.8%
55013 Burnett County, Wisconsin -0.21% 4.7%
55017 Chippewa County, Wisconsin 0.32% 4.0%
55019 Clark County, Wisconsin -0.07% 5.7%
55023 Crawford County, Wisconsin -0.44% 5.9%
55025 Dane County, Wisconsin 1.41% 3.8%
55031 Douglas County, Wisconsin -0.22% 5.0%
55035 Eau Claire County, Wisconsin 0.86% 3.0%
55037 Florence County, Wisconsin 0.88% 3.3%
55039 Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin 0.05% 5.3%
55047 Green Lake County, Wisconsin -0.13% 3.1%
55053 Jackson County, Wisconsin 0.28% 3.7%
55055 Jefferson County, Wisconsin 0.33% 5.2%
55063 La Crosse County, Wisconsin 0.54% 3.9%
59
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
55065 Lafayette County, Wisconsin -0.05% 4.4%
55067 Langlade County, Wisconsin -0.61% 2.3%
55075 Marinette County, Wisconsin -0.08% 3.9%
55078 Menominee County, Wisconsin 0.51% 0.0%
55079 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 0.27% 4.0%
55081 Monroe County, Wisconsin 0.40% 5.5%
55083 Oconto County, Wisconsin -0.30% 2.7%
55087 Outagamie County, Wisconsin 0.66% 4.7%
55089 Ozaukee County, Wisconsin 0.27% 5.6%
55093 Pierce County, Wisconsin -0.11% 5.2%
55095 Polk County, Wisconsin -0.51% 5.8%
55097 Portage County, Wisconsin 0.19% 3.9%
55105 Rock County, Wisconsin 0.10% 5.8%
55107 Rusk County, Wisconsin -0.74% 2.0%
55109 St. Croix County, Wisconsin 0.60% 5.5%
55113 Sawyer County, Wisconsin -0.09% 4.7%
55115 Shawano County, Wisconsin -0.23% 5.7%
55119 Taylor County, Wisconsin -0.03% 4.2%
55127 Walworth County, Wisconsin 0.25% 5.0%
55129 Washburn County, Wisconsin -0.52% 4.1%
55131 Washington County, Wisconsin 0.21% 5.1%
55133 Waukesha County, Wisconsin 0.32% 4.2%
55137 Waushara County, Wisconsin -0.23% 3.6%
55141 Wood County, Wisconsin -0.37% 5.2%
56011 Crook County, Wyoming 0.35% 2.2%
56015 Goshen County, Wyoming 0.49% 4.8%
56017 Hot Springs County, Wyoming 0.29% 1.5%
56021 Laramie County, Wyoming 1.35% 5.1%
56025 Natrona County, Wyoming 2.38% 6.0%
56029 Park County, Wyoming 1.12% 6.2%
56031 Platte County, Wyoming 0.33% 5.4%
56043 Washakie County, Wyoming -0.30% 5.5%
56045 Weston County, Wyoming -0.05% 2.7%
72001 Adjuntas Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.60% 2.4%
72007 Aguas Buenas Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.82% 4.9%
72009 Aibonito Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.16% 1.2%
60
Average Rental
Annual Vacancy Rate
County Population (ACS 2009-
County Name
FIPS Code Growth 2013)
(2010-2013)
72011 Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.58% 3.3%
72015 Arroyo Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.59% 4.9%
72017 Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.26% 4.6%
72019 Barranquitas Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.31% 3.2%
72023 Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.08% 3.7%
72027 Camuy Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.85% 2.0%
72029 Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.12% 4.6%
72033 Cataño Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.39% 4.6%
72035 Cayey Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.76% 3.1%
72039 Ciales Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.19% 3.2%
72041 Cidra Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.48% 5.8%
72043 Coamo Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.04% 2.5%
72054 Florida Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.26% 2.0%
72061 Guaynabo Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.08% 2.8%
72063 Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico 1.19% 3.2%
72065 Hatillo Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.04% 3.2%
72067 Hormigueros Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.48% 5.1%
72075 Juana Díaz Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.69% 3.6%
72079 Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.96% 4.3%
72081 Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.87% 2.7%
72083 Las Marías Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.64% 2.3%
72085 Las Piedras Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.20% 4.4%
72087 Loíza Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.50% 0.8%
72089 Luquillo Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.66% 5.6%
72093 Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.94% 2.7%
72101 Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.03% 2.9%
72107 Orocovis Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.89% 5.2%
72115 Quebradillas Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.54% 1.3%
72119 Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.36% 5.3%
72123 Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.73% 4.4%
72133 Santa Isabel Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.15% 2.1%
72139 Trujillo Alto Municipio, Puerto Rico -0.98% 5.1%
72141 Utuado Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.37% 5.3%
72145 Vega Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.19% 2.9%
72149 Villalba Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.41% 2.2%
72151 Yabucoa Municipio, Puerto Rico -1.18% 4.8%
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Attachment B
Sample Format for Owners’ Requests for Assistance under this Notice:
Name of Owner:__________________________________________
Property Name:___________________________________________
Property Address: _________________________________________
County Name:______________________________________________
1. Date of the maturity of the mortgage, expiration of the rental assistance contract,
or expiration of the affordability restriction:
2. I have attached a copy of all affordability restriction documents, rental assistance
contracts, and renewals, and mortgage note documents related to the expiring/expired
mortgage, contract or affordability restriction.
3. I have attached a narrative statement explaining how the property meets the description
of Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3, as defined in this Notice.
4. I have attached documentation (such as a lease) showing that the households identified as
at risk and not at-risk (under sections 8 and 9 below) resided at the property at the time of
the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability restriction
expiration.
5. I am seeking enhanced voucher (or project-based voucher) assistance.
6. I have attached a statement certifying that I am in compliance with the civil rights
threshold requirements set forth at section 3 (“Eligibility”) of this Notice.
7. I have attached a statement certifying that the applicable monthly rents used in
calculation of at-risk and not at-risk households are accurate according to the terms
set forth at section 5 (“Identifying At-Risk Households”) of this Notice.
8. Below is a list of unassisted units occupied by at-risk households, accompanied by a
calculation that demonstrates that each at-risk household has an annual income equal to
or less than HUD’s FY 2015 low income limit, and the household would (in the
absence of this voucher assistance) have to pay more than 30 percent of their adjusted
monthly income for rent.
Unit Household Size of the Household’s HUD’s FY Household’s Applicable Applicable
Number Name Household Annual 2015 Low Adjusted Monthly Monthly
(e.g., 4 Income income Monthly Rent of this Rent/
person Limit for a Income Unit Adjusted
household) Household Monthly
this Size Income
[more than
30%]
1
2
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9. Below is a list of unassisted units occupied by households determined not to be at-risk,
accompanied by a calculation that demonstrates that each household has an annual
income greater than HUD’s FY 2015 low income limit, or the household would not (in
the absence of voucher assistance) have to pay more than 30 percent of their adjusted
monthly income for rent.
Unit Household Size of the Household’s HUD’s FY Household’s Applicable Applicable
Number Name Household Annual 2014 Low Adjusted Monthly Monthly
(e.g., 4 Income income Monthly Rent of Rent/
person Limit for a Income this Unit Adjusted
household) Household Monthly
this Size Income
[not more
than 30%]
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
10. Below is a list of unassisted units occupied by households that did not provide me with
income information.
Unit Household
Number Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Source: Legislative text reproduced verbatim
Plain English
PIH Notice 2015-07 makes up to $7 million in Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) available for FY 2015 to help low-income households in tight rental markets who face rent burdens after certain HUD-related affordability protections expire. Eligible triggering events include the maturity of specific HUD-insured loans, the expiration of certain rental assistance contracts, or the lapse of HUD-imposed affordability restrictions. Assistance may be delivered as enhanced vouchers or project-based vouchers, both administered through Public Housing Agencies (PHAs).
Written by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · Reviewed on October 7, 2026
Plain English — not legal advice.
For Property Managers
Under PIH Notice 2015-07, property owners who believe their property qualifies under Category 1, 2, or 3 generally notify residents in writing before applying, document resident incomes using the streamlined method described in section 5, and submit a complete request package to the HUD Multifamily Hub or Program Center Director. Compliant operators also certify civil rights threshold compliance and applicable monthly rents, and coordinate with the local PHA on rent reasonableness before assistance is finalized. Owners may reference Attachment B for a sample request format.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
For Tenants
PIH Notice 2015-07 is designed to protect low-income renters in tight rental markets whose housing costs may spike after certain HUD affordability protections expire. If an owner applies for assistance under this notice, residents have the right to be notified in writing and, if they disagree with the owner's income determination, may request that the administering PHA recalculate their eligibility. Tenants who believe they qualify but were excluded may contact a local tenant-rights organization or the administering PHA to understand available options.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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