LOMOD has undergone several Management changes in the last few months. Below please find our new leadership team:

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1 T h e L a t e s t f r o m L O M O D S u m m e r Management and Occupancy Reviews are Back! After 5 years, HUD has brought back the MOR beginning on June 1, HUD and LOMOD worked together to compile the initial list of properties that will undergo a MOR. However, LOMOD is planning on reviewing all of the properties in our portfolio before the end of Properties will be receiving scheduling letters approximately 3-4 weeks prior to their MOR. In addition, LOMOD is instituting a GO GREEN process, this means you will be able to the documents we request instead of printing everything out. In addition, instead of mailing, LOMOD will be ing all scheduling letters, MOR reports and responses. C h a n g es in LOMOD Management LOMOD has undergone several Management changes in the last few months. Below please find our new leadership team: Connie Loyola Hang Phan Robin Fox Armine Petrosyan Inesa Papazyan Sheena Wallace Paula Morales Blanca Vasquez Lilian Zaghian Earl Hearvey Steve Flores Nora Barter Director Asst. Manager, Administration Resident Liaison / Consulting Manager Compliance Manager Compliance Supervisor Compliance Supervisor Contracts Manager Contracts Supervisor Contract Supervisor Voucher Manager Voucher Supervisor Voucher Supervisor connie.loyola@hacla.org hang.phan@hacla.org robin.fox@hacla.org armine.petrosyan@hacla.org inesa.papazyan@hacla.org sheena.wallace@hacla.org paula.morales@hacla.org blanca.vasquez@hacla.org lilian.zaghian@hacla.org earl.hearvey@hacla.org steve.flores@hacla.org nora.barter@hacla.org Los Angeles LOMOD 2600 Wilshire Blvd., Ste Los Angeles CA (213)

2 P a g e 2 R ecent HUD Notices HUD has recently issued several notices: Funding Availability for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk Households in Low-Vacancy Areas Fiscal Year Implementation of the Standardized Firm Commitment Templates for Additional Section 220, 221(d)(4), 223(f), 223(a)(7), 231, 241 (a) Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements in accordance with 24 CFR Part Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Program: Loss Mitigation Guidance for HECMs in Default due to Unpaid Property Charges Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Program: Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Due and Payable Policies Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Program: Non-Borrowing Spouse, Mortgagee Options for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) with FHA Case Numbers assigned prior to August 4, Passbook Savings Rate Effective February 1, 2016 L O M O D Book Drive at AHMA-PSW Confere nce LOMOD would like to thank everyone who participated in the 1st Annual LOMOD Book Drive at the AHMA-PSW Conference in May, All of the books collected were donated to the Los Angeles County Library System for distribution to their branches.

3 P a g e 3 C a lifornia Climate Credit The California Climate Credit is part of California's efforts to fight climate change. The credit is from a state government program that requires power plants and other large industries that emit greenhouse gases to buy carbon pollution permits from auctions managed by the Air Resources Board. Households and small businesses receive the California Climate Credit. Customers will automatically receive the Climate Credit if they have an open account with the utility and are receiving utility service during the period the Credit is distributed. All California residential customers that receive electricity from an investor-owned utility company, electric service provider or community choice aggregation provider. This includes customers of Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, PacifiCorp, and Liberty Utilities, and the community choice aggregators Marin Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Power. All residential customers of the same electricity will receive an equal amount regardless of the amount of energy they use. Whether you receive a credit, or how much you receive, is not connected to the amount of energy you use. This does not effect all Residents. Please refer to the chart below for the Utility Companies providing the credit: Electric Bill Provider 2016 Electric Residential Climate Credit Credit Applied to Bill SDG&E $17.44 PG&E $28.14 Liberty Utilities $26.99 SCE $38.00 Pacific Power $ Per HUD Headquarters, HUD does not allow the use of the California Climate Credit as a credit, offset or reduction in the calculation of the Utility Allowance for Project-Based Section 8 Residents. HUD has stated the California Climate Credit should be considered as Annual Income in the certification and re-certification process of residents. This credit is expected to last until HUD has stated this is effective for all Certifications and Re-Certifications beginning 5/18/16. Since the amounts are not over $200 per month, you will not need to complete an IR for Residents. However, a correction will need to be made to any AR s effective 7/1/16.

4 P a g e 4 U pdating Owner/Management Agent Information In the event there is an Ownership or Management Agent change that occurs on your property, it is very important that you update this information in HUD Secure Systems, APPS. In order for LOMOD to speak / interact with a new Owner or Management Agent the following information must be on file: For new Management Agents: HUD Form 9839B: Project Owner s / Management Agent s Certification Proof completed form was sent to HUD, or Form authorized by HUD, or Correspondence from the Owner on Owner Letterhead authorizing a designee For new Ownership: HUD Form-2530: Previous Participation Certification for Authorized Signatures (for new Owners); or Consent to Assignment of HAP (new owners) H U D F o rm-9887 The HUD Form-9887 requires addresses for the HUD office and Contract Administrator. Please insure that your forms contain these addresses for all forms signed after June 1, 2016.

5 P a g e 5 N ew REAC Inspection Industry Standards HUD has issued new guidance for REAC Inspectors giving the Inspector the right to judge the craftsmanship of a repair made on a property. If the Inspector determines that a repair is not in line with Industry Standards, you will likely be cited for the original deficiency. A deficiency will be recorded for each sub-standard repair made to avoid or disguise an observed deficiency based on the size of the area affected and/or the item inspected. Per the HUD Inspector Notice , all repairs to address UPCS deficiencies in preparation for a REAC inspection shall be made in a good and workmanlike manner with materials that are suitable for the purpose and free from defects. The phrase good and workmanlike manner means: a. Ensuring that the component, as repaired, performs its intended function/purpose; and b. Finishing the repair in a manner reasonably compatible with design and quality of the original and adjoining decorative materials. Below is a sample list of what Inspectors are going to be looking to record as a deficiency: PVC used in place of aluminum downspout; Tape used to cover holes in vinyl siding; Drywall repairs that do not match the surrounding area; Straw or mulch placed over eroded areas; Non-professional plumbing access panels; Non-matching mortar repairs or mortar/crack repairs using caulking as opposed to a proper mortar material; Angle iron placed over corners of buildings to hide chipped bricks; Chipped bricks repaired using non-matching cement/mortar; Wooden door damage repaired using drywall mud, plastic disks or other nonmatching material; Tape placed on refrigerator gaskets or entry door weather-stripping; Mismatched popcorn ceiling texture; Broom handles used a primary locking device on doors or windows; Mismatched floor tile; and Any caulking or other foreign material located in the panel or disconnect boxes.

6 P a g e 6 M O R Findings for Late Vo uchers and Discre pancies Per the HUD MAT Guide, Chapter 7, Vouchers must be submitted no later than the 10th of each month to avoid them being considered late. If you receive notification of any discrepancies on your voucher, please work with your Voucher Processor to resolve these and avoid receiving a Discrepancy notification. As in the past, LOMOD will give an MOR Finding when a property has more than two (2) Late Voucher submissions and/or two (2) Discrepancy Faxes sent within a 12 month period. Homeless A ssistance Resources for M u ltifamily Housing Owner a nd Managers Opening Doors, the Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness, provides a framework for Federal agencies and state and local partners to work together to meet specific goals to end homelessness. The plan was developed in 2010 and amended in Opening Doors relies upon building and maintaining a community-wide effort to appropriately address and end homelessness. Owners and property managers of HUD assisted housing may implement a preference to house homeless individuals and families. HUD also encourages owners and property managers of market rate housing to also contribute towards ending homelessness in their communities. HUD has several resources available to help property owners and managers house homeless individuals and families. In July 2013, HUD issued Notice H Implementation and Approval of Owner- Adopted Admissions Preferences for Individuals or Families Experiencing Homelessness. This Notice provides guidance on the circumstances under which owners of HUD assisted multifamily properties may adopt admissions preferences to house homeless individuals and families. To assist Owners and Management Agents, HUD has created a toolkit to assist with establishing a homeless preference. This toolkit contains step-by-step guidance that a community can use in bringing service providers and multifamily property owners together to serve the needs of those who are homeless or leaving homelessness.