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Model ACOP and Guide
Model ACOP and Guide
Our Model ACOP has undergone extensive revisions relating to the Housing Opportunity for Modernization Act (HOTMA). See details below.
NMA's Model Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) provides you with expert guidance in a time-saving, user-friendly format, doing the heavy lifting of policy-making for you and potentially saving your agency hundreds of hours of work.
- The model ACOP provides the basis for writing your agency’s ACOP by recommending language for each area in which PHAs have discretion or flexibility to develop their own policies.
- For each policy, the accompanying instruction guide offers important points to consider and customizable policy choices so that you can choose the best policy to suit your agency’s needs.
- The model ACOP cites and describes HUD regulations and other requirements in detail, which presents your agency with a solid foundation in policy-making.
Subscribing to our revision service ensures that your policy changes with HUD’s regulatory changes. It can help your agency attain a thorough and accurate ACOP that covers all the bases, making it a must-have for managing your public housing program.
NMA's Model Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP)
Click here to view a sample of the Model ACOP.
Click here to view a sample of the ACOP Guide.
Click here to view the title page and Table of Contents.
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Recent revision history
November 2023
For November 2023, the Model Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) has undergone extensive revisions throughout to account for Housing Opportunity for Modernization Act (HOTMA), including changes for the Final Rule issued February 14, 2023, Notice PIH 2023-27, and other sources of HUD guidance on HOTMA. In addition to these sweeping changes, the 2023 Model Plan includes:
- Changes to account for the implementation of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NPSIRE), including updates to the chapter on inspections and revisions to remove and revise UPCS-related language to model NSPIRE throughout the entire policy document.
- Refining the language and policies on over-income families per the guidance set forth in Notice PIH 2023-03, and adding sample over-income notification forms.
- Other clarifications and modifications to reflect industry best practices, and to ensure that the content is user-friendly, current, and in compliance with all recent HUD regulations and guidance.
▶March 2023
For this first revision of 2023, the Model Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) has been brought current with all recent HUD requirements and guidance, including the following:
- Changes throughout to account for the over-income provisions of the final rule implementing parts 102, 103, and 104 of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA), published in the Federal Register February 14, 2023
- Updates to bring the policy in line with VAWA 2022 implementation guidance, set forth in the Federal Register January 4, 2023
- Revisions to flat rent requirements as specified in Notice PIH 2022-33
- Clarifications on the discrimination complaint process as it relates both in general and to complaints under the Equal Access Rule
- A more simplified and up-to-date sample grievance procedure
- Other clarifications and modifications to make sure the content is user-friendly, current, and in compliance with all HUD regulations, guidance, and industry best practices
Additional changes will be provided later in the year to incorporate the remaining HOTMA provisions well ahead of the January 1, 2024, effective date.
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