An RD management fee increase and more

- A Rural Development Procedure Notice appeared yesterday with revisions to a number of regulation handbooks, including a change in maximum management fees for Rural Development multifamily housing in several states. ("Attachment 3-G is partially revised to correct published fees for MS per state fee amendment requests for MD/DE, PA, AZ, NV, CA and WA.") In the revised Chapter 3 of the Multi-Family Housing Asset Management Handbook, the changes to Attachment 3-G are on the 59th and last page.

- Multifamily housing people should check HUDCLIPS "What's New" today -- there are a number of new versions of forms affecting Sec. 8 and other multifamily rentals.

- The HOME program's November monthly reports are posted as of today.

- Today the Department of Labor issued a regulation on "accommodations to be made for employers impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma regarding the filing and processing of permanent labor certifications." (Such certifications allow foreign workers to work permanently in the United States.) The new regulation sets procedures for correspondence with employers in areas where normal mail service is still not restored and waives some employers' deadlines. In other hurricane news... Rep. Ney is looking to extend the new HUD hurricane mortgage assistance to flooding victims in his own Ohio district.... while a Washington Post editorial tries to put the Katrina home-mortgage crisis in perspective.... Federal offices are slowly reopening in New Orleans.... but they're imposing layoffs at Tulane.