KDHAP details and forms at HUD

Here we go: HUD details on the new Katrina housing relief program. Posted in PDF form today are: interim operating requirements... a contributions contract to be signed between HUD and the local agency... a rent subsidy contract document containing an agreement to be signed by the local housing agency and the local landlord, plus a corresponding lease addendum that becomes part of the agreement between the landlord and the tenant... and phone numbers local housing officials can call for more information.

The 25 pages of interim operating requirements still don't cite to specific authority in existing law but they do provide the much-in-demand practical details that will help local agencies, landlords and tenants do the necessary dances to get folks indoors.

Interestingly, the requirements instruct: "PHAs may notify HUD of their willingness to participate in the KDHAP by submitting an email to the following KDHAP email address..." And the address goes to the domain name "firstpic.org." That's the address of FirstPic, Inc., also referred to as FirstPic Consulting, Inc., the Maryland consulting firm whose name was on the KDHAP PowerPoint presentation last week. So perhaps HUD is giving this contractor new responsibility when it comes to organizing the disaster housing paperwork?