HUD PIH Notice § 2026-06

Special Attention of:                            Notice PIH 2026-06
Public Housing Agencies
Public Housing Directors                         Issued: March 16, 2026
Regional Public Housing Directors
Office of Native American Programs               Expires: This notice remains in effect until
 Area Administrators                             amended, superseded, or rescinded.
Tribes
Tribally Designated Housing Entities             This notice rescinds the following PIH notices:
                                                 2020-08, 2020-09, 2020-17, 2020-18, 2020-20,
                                                 2020-22, 2020-24, 2020-33, 2021-33, 2021-36,
                                                 2021-38, 2022-07, 2022-19, 2022-21, 2022-31,
                                                 2022-35, and 2024-04.

                                                 This notice amends Notices PIH 2020-32 and
                                                 2021-14.


Subject: Rescission and Revision of Certain PIH Notices

I.       PURPOSE

This notice rescinds the guidance set forth in the following PIH notices related to the COVID-19
pandemic. Following the expiration of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent administrative
reviews, the guidance contained in these documents is no longer necessary or is otherwise
obsolete.

        Notice PIH 2020-08, CARES Act – HCV Program Administrative Fees
        Notice PIH 2020-09, CARES Act Mainstream Funding for Public Housing Authorities
         (PHAs) Awarded Funding Allocations in the 2017 and 2019 Competitions
        Notice PIH 2020-17, CARES Act – Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Housing
         Assistance Payments (HAP) Supplemental Funding
        Notice PIH 2020-18, CARES Act – HCV Program Administrative Fees – Second Award
        Notice PIH 2020-20, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program – CARES Act
         Supplemental HAP Funding Allocation and COVID-19 Waivers and Alternative
         Requirements
        Notice PIH 2020-22, Mainstream Vouchers – Non-Competitive Opportunity for
         Additional Vouchers Authorized by the CARES Act, Temporary Waivers and Alternative
         Requirements, and Modified 2020 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Renewal
         Calculation
        Notice PIH 2020-24, Extension of Period of Availability for CARES Act Supplemental
         Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Funds, Guidance on CARES Act Financial



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          Reporting Requirements (FDS and Quarterly Reporting), and Other CARES Act
          Provisions
         Notice PIH 2020-33, COVID-19 Statutory and Regulatory Waivers and Alternative
          Requirements for the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream
          and Mod Rehab), Indian Housing Block Grant and Indian Community Development
          Block Grant programs, Suspension of Public Housing Assessment System and Section
          Eight Management Assessment Program, Revision 2
         Notice PIH 2021-33, Submitting CARES Act Waiver Adoption Information to HUD by
          December 20, 2021
         Notice PIH 2021-36, CARES Act Supplemental Operating Fund Close Out Procedures
         Notice PIH 2021-38, COVID-19 Statutory and Regulatory Amendment to PIH Notice
          2021-14, Providing for the Release of Public Housing Assessment System Scores for
          Federal Fiscal Year 2019
         Notice PIH 2022-07, Mainstream Vouchers – Non-Competitive Opportunity for
          Additional Vouchers Authorized by the CARES Act and Extraordinary Administrative
          Funding
         Notice PIH 2022-19, Mainstream Vouchers – Non-Competitive Opportunity for
          Additional Vouchers Authorized by the CARES Act and Extraordinary Administrative
          Funding, Correction
         Notice PIH 2022-21, CARES Act Funding Reconciliation and Closeout - Housing Choice
          Voucher Program, Mainstream Vouchers, and Moderate Rehabilitation Program
         Notice PIH 2022-31, Mainstream Vouchers – Non-Competitive Opportunity for
          Additional Vouchers Authorized by the CARES Act and Extraordinary Administrative
          Funding, (Update)
         Notice PIH 2022-35, CARES Act Supplemental Operating Fund Close Out Procedures

This notice revises guidance in Notice PIH 2020-32, Guidance for PHAs on the Allowability of
Remote Hearings and Remote Briefings, as explained in Section II.

This notice rescinds the portions of Notice PIH 2021-14, COVID-19 Statutory and Regulatory
Waivers and Alternative Requirements for the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher
(including Mainstream and Mod Rehab), Indian Housing Block Grant and Indian Community
Development Block Grant programs, Suspension of Public Housing Assessment System and
Section Eight Management Assessment Program, Revision 3, that pertain to Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs. The portions that pertain to Indian Housing
Block Grant and Indian Community Development Block Grant programs remain intact.

This notice rescinds the guidance set forth in Notice PIH 2024-04, Guidance on Eligible Uses for
PIH Program Funds Related to Persons with Limited English Proficiency. Withdrawal of this
guidance does not alter PHA responsibility to comply with federal laws applicable to language
access, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

II.       CHANGE TO NOTICE PIH 2020-32

This notice strikes the following guidance set forth in Notice PIH 2020-32, Section 5, paragraph
b related to requirements for persons with limited English proficiency:
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       b. Requirement for persons with limited English proficiency (LEP). PHAs must take
       reasonable steps to ensure full and meaningful access to the remote hearing or remote
       briefing for LEP persons consistent with its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights
       Act of 19641. The obligation to provide meaningful access for LEP persons, regarding
       remote hearings and remote briefings, is particularly important meaning that the PHA
       will generally need to coordinate with a remote language interpretation service prior to
       the remote hearing or remote briefing. Further, conferencing technology may provide for
       remote interpretation; if video technology is available, remote interpretation using video
       is generally preferred over voice-only because of the additional visual cues. Importantly,
       though, PHAs cannot rely on minors to interpret. For written materials, PHAs should
       engage with a language translation service. All written materials related to the remote
       hearing or remote briefing, whether paper or electronic, and whether provided before,
       during, or after the hearing, may need to be provided in translated format.

       For written materials, PHAs should engage with a language translation service. All
       written materials related to the remote hearing or remote briefing, whether paper or
       electronic, and whether provided before, during, or after the hearing, may need to be
       provided in translated format.

III.   APPLICABILITY

This notice, which rescinds or revises the above referenced guidance, applies to all public
housing agencies that operate a HCV, Public Housing, or Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
Program; Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs); Indian Community Development
Block Grant Imminent Threat-Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (ICDBG-
CARES) grantees; and ICDBG-Imminent Threat American Rescue Plan Act (ICDBG-ARP)
grantees, as applicable.

IV.    FURTHER INFORMATION

Direct questions regarding this notice to your local field office or Office of Native American
Programs area office.




                                             ___________________________
                                             Benjamin Hobbs
                                             Assistant Secretary
                                              for Public and Indian Housing