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What is a PHAs score?

What is a PHAs score?

The overall Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) score is generated by the Integrated Assessment Subsystem (NASS) after the four Subsystem Indicator scores are created and placed into “Review Status.” To ensure quality control and score accuracy, the NASS office has nine days to review the PHAS score before its …

What is a HUD indicator?

SEMAP scores are the primary way HUD assesses the management of the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The SEMAP Indicators Report includes data on Housing Choice Voucher families only, which includes tenant-based vouchers, project-based vouchers, project-based certificates, and homeownership vouchers.

What are PHAs in housing?

Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) are responsible for adding, maintaining, and updating their own information found in the HA module of the IMS/PIC system.

What does small PHA deregulation mean?

The Small PHA Deregulation allows PHAs who meet the requirements listed below to be assessed under the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) every other year, instead of annually. In addition, it enables PHAs that qualify, to submit a streamlined Annual Plan.

What should my Pha score be for HUD?

Scores of 90 points or above result in a high performer designation. Scores below 90 but above 60 are designated as a standard performer. If your PHA scores be-low 60 in any one indicator, you will be designated as a substandard performer. HUD/REAC (Real Estate Assessment Center) publishes the PHAS scores after any appeals by the PHA are addressed.

How does the HUD public housing assessment system work?

The Public Housing Assessment System, or PHAS, is the system that HUD uses to assess a PHA’s performance in managing its low-rent public housing programs. HUD uses a centralized system to collect individual subsystem scores using various sub indicators and produces a composite PHAS score representing PHA’s performance management.

When to send the FDS report to HUD / REAC?

The FDS is a required report that is sent by the PHA to HUD/REAC both 60 days after the end of the iscal year for un­ audited inancial data and nine months after the end of the iscal year with the audited data. The MASS scores can be generated from either submission, but if there is a discrepancy in data, the Audited submission data will be used.

What does the total score on the pha mean?

The total score is used to determine the PHA’s designation under PHAS. Scores below 60 result in a troubled designation. Scores of 90 points or above result in a high performer designation. Scores below 90 but above 60 are designated as a standard performer.