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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

Customer Reviews

Lystra Doobraj
Industry experts providing up to date guidance, support and documents.
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
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
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
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
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.

There’s No Room for Complacency in Compliance
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There’s No Room for Complacency in Compliance

As a career HUD consultant, one of the most common questions I get asked is, “How do you remember all this stuff?” The answer? We live, eat, and breathe it – all day, every day.

My mantra has always been, “It is so much harder to regain compliance than it is to maintain compliance.”  This means there is no room for complacency in compliance.  Taking shortcuts and eliminating critical checks and balances can be huge gambles in the world of HUD regulatory compliance and staff oversight. Oftentimes, these efforts to save time and money ironically backfire in a big way – costing the owner more resources to fix the problem resulting from that decision.

The climate in the affordable housing industry is fragile right now; rules,...

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NAHMA Biannual Top Issues in Affordable Housing – March 2025 Recap
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NAHMA Biannual Top Issues in Affordable Housing – March 2025 Recap

Last week, several members of the DeSilva Housing Group Team attended the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) Biannual Top Issues in Affordable Housing Conference in Washington, D.C. We participated in discussions with other industry stakeholders, several clients, and HUD Headquarters Staff regarding topics important to affordable housing professionals. During the annual Affiliates Breakfast, Jenny DeSilva led a panel discussion on actionable ways to be good stewards of HUD’s money, identifying and discussing ways in which Owners and Agents can maximize the use...

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Where is Your LEP Policy?
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Where is Your LEP Policy?

Did you know that as a HUD Multifamily Owner, you are required to have a Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Policy?  Do you have one?  If not, this post is for you.

Where and When Did HUD Require an LEP Policy? 

This requirement is not new. Pursuant to Executive Order 13166, signed August 11, 2000, HUD published Final LEP Guidance in the Federal Register on January 22, 2007.  This Final Guidance states all owners must demonstrate reasonable efforts in providing language assistance services to all LEP persons by developing an LEP Plan to include a four-factor analysis. Additionally, and if deemed necessary, the owner/agent must develop a Language Access Plan (LAP)...

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The Affordable Housing Industry: What’s On Our Radar at the Start of 2025
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The Affordable Housing Industry: What’s On Our Radar at the Start of 2025

Happy New Year, DeSilva Housing Group clients! With a new administration and sweeping regulatory changes on the horizon, 2025 will be a big year with crucial dates and shifts for HUD Multifamily owners.

Below are our thoughts on key things that may be weighing on your mind…
HOTMA, HOTMA, HOTMA: What’s Going On?
We’ve received several questions about the final implementation date for HOTMA, especially in light of HUD’s announcement on December 31, 2024, regarding an “Extension of Compliance Date and Safe Harbor Implementation.” Very important: this only applies to CPD Programs (HOME, CDBG, and HTF most commonly). While it could signal an expected delay from HUD Multifamily, there is nothing official. As of the publish date of this...

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