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A Combined 50+ Years of
Simplifying HUD Compliance
Jenny DeSilva

DeSilva Housing Group

DeSilva Housing Group is a national training and consulting firm specializing in providing affordable housing owners and managers with HUD Multifamily compliance. With over 50 years of combined experience in affordable housing, our team has helped more than 500 property management clients navigate the ever-changing landscape of regulation shifts that impact compliance requirements.

We offer on-demand HUD consulting, TRACS technical assistance, policy and documentation development, live trainings and more.

Our goal is to provide clients with valuable resources to ensure HUD contract obligations are met. We help incorporate consistency and efficiency into everyday leasing and occupancy tasks.

We assist the following program types with training, policy development, and compliance consulting:

  • HUD’s Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Section 8
  • PBRA Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)
  • 202/811 PRAC
  • PRA 811 programs

Looking for HOTMA help? We’ve got you covered. Seeking general HUD compliance consulting? We’ve got you covered there, too.

Assisting the Affordable Housing Industry with HUD Compliance

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Customer Reviews

Lystra Doobraj
Lystra Doobraj
Industry experts providing up to date guidance, support and documents.
Manistee Manor Office
Manistee Manor Office
Jenny & Lauren are fantastic to work with! The communication received to set up a call was easy and fast. Lauren was able to get me on the schedule to have a phone call with Jenny within a few days. The understanding and knowledge of what I needed help with was far beyond my expectations and my issue was resolved quickly and efficiently without any delay! Thank you so much Jenny & Lauren for getting us back on track so our business can run smoothly, and efficiently!
Sheri Snyder
Sheri Snyder
DeSilva Housing Group is very knowledgeable and provides excellent services. It is so reassuring to know you have someone to go to for assistance with HUD policies and procedures. Thank you!!!!
Joy Keels
Joy Keels
The ultimate HUD consultant right here! The DeSilva Housing Group provides a wealth of knowledge regarding the HUD housing industry. Keeping everyone up to date and providing any and all assistance your team may need. Jenny will be your one stop shop for training, materials, and education.
Becky & Glenn Gahagan
Becky & Glenn Gahagan
I would highly recommend DeSilva Housing! Jenny has been a great asset to our organization. We have re-written our TSP's, Resident Handbook's, Reasonable Accommodations, and many other required items. Jenny is a great trainer; she is a great asset to clarify the "grey" areas of the HUD 4350.3. She has helped with Real Page and unit re-numbering....the list goes on and on!!!! Jenny is a part of our team; we do not look at DeSilva Housing as a 3rd party....in any company you need a consultant to ensure you are 100% on top of every regulation change! I highly recommend her company for anyone in the housing industry. She has tons of experience!
Kimberly Taylor
Kimberly Taylor
Mary Garza
Mary Garza
Ms. De Silva has a lot of knowledge with several HUD programs. The webinars and live trainings that Ms. De Silva conducts are very informative. Ms. De Silva is very patient and will take the necessary time to explain and makes sure that we understand the process, her handouts are very useful for future reference. She also provides her contact information in case we have a question. My personal experience, when I have a question's being the EIV or any other questions, she has always made time to make contact with us. Highly recommended.
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Key Takeaways from Two Major Industry Conferences in Washington, D.C.
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Key Takeaways from Two Major Industry Conferences in Washington, D.C.

In late October 2024, our team attended both the NAHMA Biannual Top Issues in Affordable Housing Conference as well as the National Leased Housing Association's Fall Seminar. Both conferences were attended by HUD Multifamily staff and designed to facilitate discussion between HUD and industry stakeholders with regards to hot topics and ongoing developments in the Multifamily industry.

We were pleased to have had the opportunity to advocate on behalf of our clients as we met face-to-face with HUD executives during such a crucial turning point in the multifamily housing landscape.

Below are key topics that were discussed, along with our insights on what clarifications from HUD mean to you, our clients.
Multifamily HOTMA Implementation...

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HOTMA’s Impact on HUD’s Multifamily Housing Industry
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HOTMA’s Impact on HUD’s Multifamily Housing Industry

Ready or not, HOTMA is coming...and you should be ready for HOTMA’s Impact on HUD's multifamily housing industry.
HOTMA (Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act) introduces the most significant and comprehensive changes that HUD’s occupancy requirements for the HUD Multifamily Housing industry have seen in the last ten years.

Whether you have five or 500 HUD units at your site, you’ll need to correctly incorporate HOTMA requirements.

While identifying and learning how to implement these changes can be scary, in the end, most of these changes are good...

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5 Positive Takeaways in HUD’s HOTMA Final Rule
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5 Positive Takeaways in HUD’s HOTMA Final Rule

Buzz about the HOTMA Final Rule has dominated the affordable housing industry this year.

Questions from property owners abound: When will it officially roll out? How will it impact tenants? When do property leasing staff really need to be trained?

HOTMA introduces the most significant set of changes to occupancy requirements that the industry has seen in over a decade, so it makes sense that there is confusion and trepidation. However, it’s important to recognize that HOTMA does bring several welcome changes.

 
Here are five positive elements of the HOTMA Final Rule:
(1) HOTMA states that owners are no longer required to use EIV to verify tenant...

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HOTMA Got You Overwhelmed About a Management and Occupancy Review (MOR)?
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HOTMA Got You Overwhelmed About a Management and Occupancy Review (MOR)?

Does the new HOTMA final rule have you overwhelmed about an upcoming Management and Occupancy Review (MOR)? Full owner compliance with HOTMA must occur prior to the July 1, 2025. This means owners will have calendar year 2024 to ensure they: understand the regulatory changes, update required policies (spoiler alert – some needed to be updated by the end of March 2024!), notify tenants about what’s changing, and fully incorporate all HOTMA elements into the recertification process in their TRACS 2.0.3.A software. It’s a lot to digest, plan for, and pull off…we know.
HOTMA & Management and Occupancy Review (MOR)
Multifamily owners will not be penalized for HOTMA-related tenant file errors during the Management and Occupancy Review...

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