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Model Admin Plan and Guide
Model Admin Plan and Guide
Our Model Admin Plan has undergone extensive revisions relating to the Housing Opportunity for Modernization Act (HOTMA). See details below.
NMA's Model Administrative Plan 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 plan provides the basis for writing your agency’s administrative plan 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 plan 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 is always up to date as HUD makes regulatory changes. It can help your agency attain a thorough and accurate administrative plan that covers all the bases, making this a vital tool for managing your voucher program.
NMA's Model Administrative Plan
Click here to view a sample of the Model Admin Plan.
Click here to view a sample of the Admin Plan Guide.
Click here to view the title page and Table of Contents.
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Recent revision history
For February 2025, the Model Administrative Plan remains adapted for use during the transition periods to HOTMA 102/104 and NSPIRE. Changes to the August 2025 Model Plan revision include:
- Updates to account for the provisions of HOTMA 102/104 that PHAs must comply with no later than July 1, 2025, as set forth in Notice PIH 2024-38.
- Revisions to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Project-Based Voucher (PBV) chapter incorporating requirements from Notice PIH 2025-03, RAD Supplemental Notice 4-C.
- 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.
- A full high-level list of changes can be found at the end of the revision instructions document.
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▶August 2024
The August 2024 Model Administrative Plan has been specifically adapted for use during the transition periods to HOTMA 102/104 and NSPIRE, and to meet the varying implementation dates in the HOTMA Voucher Final Rule. In addition to other changes, the August 2024 Model Plan revision includes:
- Policies that can be used both immediately and that is applicable upon the HOTMA 102/104 compliance date.
- An appendix pointing out where HOTMA 102/104 policies are included.
- Multiple revisions to address the HOTMA Voucher Final Rule, including callouts for new policy effective dates, extensive changes concerning payment standards and the use of SAFMRs, and a completely rewritten Project-Based Voucher chapter.
- Chapters that may be used if the PHA is still operating under HQS or if the PHA has implemented NSPIRE.
- Updates to the Special Purpose Vouchers chapter to account for the VASH implementation notice published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2024 and for Notice PIH 2024-30 on Mainstream vouchers.
- A completely rewritten set of accompanying revision instructions to help agencies navigate the transitional policy organization.
- 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.
- A full high-level list of changes can be found at the end of the revision instructions document.
▶January 2024
For January 2024, the Model Administrative Plan has undergone extensive revisions throughout to account for the pending implementation of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). In addition to these sweeping changes, the January 2024 Model Plan includes:
- Minor corrections and clarifications to the recently revised HOTMA policies.
- 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.
▶2023
For 2023, the Model Administrative Plan 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:
- VAWA clarifications to better align with current guidelines such as the implementation Guidance for VAWA 2022 published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2023.
- Addition of a new section on Discrimination Complaints, which includes guidance from Notice FHEO 2023-01.
- Revisions regarding the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative per Notice PIH 2023-04.
- Updates to account for the Federal Register notice issued March 3, 2023, on subsidy layering requirements.
- Clarifications on disparate impact and discriminatory effects per the final rule dated March 31, 2023.
- Updates to account for the most recent Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) notice, PIH 2023-19.
- The addition of a new section on Stability Vouchers in the Special Housing Types chapter.
- 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.
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