Acronym
|
Definition
|
ACA
|
Annual
Community Assessment.
|
ACA
|
Asset
Control Area. FHA
Single Family Housing designated area for special property
sales initiatives.
|
ACRS
|
Administration’s
system for tracking requests for administrative services
|
ACC
|
Annual
Contributions Contract. Annual Contracts with Public Housing Authorities for payments
towards rents, financing debt service, and financing for modernization.
|
ACS
|
American
Community Survey
|
Adm
|
Administration
(HUD Office of)
|
AFGE
|
American
Federation of Government Employees. One of two (AFGE, NFFE) HUD employee unions.
AFGE has national recognition.
|
AHS
|
American
Housing Survey
|
AI
|
Analysis
of Impediments (to fair housing), a part of Consolidated Plans
|
Allocation
|
Budget
Authority transferred from one agency.
|
Allotment
|
Authorization
by authorized employee to subordinates to incur obligations
|
Antideficiency
|
Prohibits
obligations or expenditures prior to appropriations or in
excess of apportionment.
|
APICs
|
America’s
Private Investment Companies
|
APP
|
Annual
Performance Plan
|
Apportionment
|
OMB
distribution of authorized (appropriated) funds.
|
Appropriations
|
Statutory
authority permitting agency to incur obligations
|
APR
|
Annual
Performance Report (Annual Progress Report for homeless programs)
|
BEDI
|
Brownfields
Economic Development Initiative. Grants, connected with 108 guaranteed loans
to improve security of viability of projects.
|
BLS
|
Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
|
BOP
|
(HUD)
Business and Operating Plan (annual internal management planning
system; operational
plan for Annual Performance Plan (APP)
|
BOSS
|
Budget
Outlay Support System
|
BRI
|
Brownfields
Redevelopment Initiative. Interagency initiative addressing financial and legal risks of brownfield
clean up and redevelopment.
|
Brownfields
|
Vacant
or underutilized industrial and commercial properties that
are environmentally contaminated
|
Budget
Authority
|
Legal
authority to enter into financial obligations
|
CBD
|
Commerce
Business Daily
|
CDBG
|
Community
Development Block Grant (CPD program)
|
CEF
|
Community
Empowerment Fund, administered by CPD
|
CFO
|
Chief
Financial Officer (HUD Office of)
|
CHAS
|
Comprehensive
Housing Affordability Strategy
|
CHDO
|
Community
and Housing Development Organization. Non-profit housing provider receiving minimum
of 15% of HOME Investment Partnership funds.
|
CHRB
|
Community
Housing Resource Board. Organization assisting with voluntary compliance
with fair housing laws.
|
CIO
|
Chief
Information Officer (HUD Office of)
|
CIR
|
Congressional
and Intergovernmental Relations (HUD Office of)
|
CLPHA
|
Council
of Large Public Housing Authorities.
|
CMHI
|
Cooperative
Management Housing Insurance Fund. One of four FHA funds
|
CO
|
Contracting
Officer
|
CoC
|
Continuum
of Care approach to assistance to the homeless
|
Continuum
of Care
|
Federal
program stressing permanent solutions to homelessness.
|
COE
|
Army
Corps of Engineers
|
Con
Plan
|
Consolidated
Plan, a locally developed plan for housing assistance and
urban development under the Community Development Block Grant
and other CPD programs
|
Contract
Authority
|
Statutory
authority. Budget
authority permitting contracting or obligations prior to an
appropriation for payment.
|
CPD
|
Community
Planning and Development (HUD Office of)
|
CPO
|
Chief
Procurement Officer (HUD Office of)
|
DAP
|
Development
Application Processing (FHA - Multifamily Housing)
|
DAP
|
Down
payment Assistance Program (FHA - Single Family Housing)
|
Data
Warehouse
|
Information
system storing HUD program and operational data.
|
Davis
Bacon
|
Statutory
requirement that persons working on Federal assisted projects
be paid at least minimum prevailing wage rates.
|
DE
|
Direct
Endorsement. Program
permitting lender processed and endorsed FHA mortgages.
|
DEC
|
Departmental
Enforcement Center
|
DGMS
|
Department
Grants Management System
|
EA
|
Environmental
Assessment. Analysis
to determine affect of a project on the environment. May lead to an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS).
|
EC
|
Enforcement
Center (formally: Departmental Enforcement Center)
|
EC
|
Enterprise
Communities
|
EDA
|
Economic
Development Administration (part of Dept. Of Commerce)
|
EDI
|
Economic
Development Initiative (CPD program)
|
EDSS
|
Economic
Development and Supportive Services (CPD program)
|
EEO
|
Equal
Employment Opportunity
|
EHOP
|
Equal
Housing Opportunity Plan. Plan developed by Public Housing Agencies for use in Sec. 8 and
Moderate Rehabilitation programs.
|
EIS
|
Executive
Information System. Designed for senior management for analysis.
|
EIS
|
Empowerment
Information System. Programmed reports for top executives.
|
EIS
|
Environmental
Impact Statement. Analysis of environmental impacts of a proposed project.
|
EPA
|
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
|
EPACS
|
(HUD)
Executive Performance Accountability and Communication System
(for performance plans for Senior Executives)
|
EPPES
|
Employee
Performance Planning and Evaluation System. Used to measure/rate employee job performance.
|
ESG
|
Emergency
Shelter Grants (CPD program)
|
EZ
|
Empowerment
Zones
|
Fair
Housing Act
|
1968
act (amended in 1974 and 1988) providing HUD Secretary with
fair housing enforcement and investigation responsibilities.
|
Fannie
Mae
|
See
FNMA
|
FAR
|
Federal
Acquisition Regulations
|
FEMA
|
Federal
Emergency Management Administration
|
FERA
|
Front-End Risk Assessments (FERAs) are documented reviews by
management of a component's susceptibility to waste, fraud,
abuse and mismanagement. FERAs are conducted on new or substantially
revised programs or administrative functions. |
FFS
|
Federal
Financial System
|
FHA
|
Federal
Housing Administration (HUD Office of Housing)
|
FHAP
|
Fair
Housing Assistance Program (FHEO program). Program assisting State/local govt with process
fair housing complaints.
|
FHEO
|
Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity (HUD Office of)
|
FHIP
|
Fair
Housing Initiatives Program (FHEO program). Program to assist state/local govt, community
groups and housing resource boards to combat housing discrimination.
|
FHLBB
|
Federal
Home Loan bank Board
|
FHLMC
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Federally chartered stockholder owned corporation
supporting secondary market for conventional mortgages.
|
FLRA
|
Federal
Labor Relations Authority
|
FMC
|
Financial
Management Center (Section 8; under PIH)
|
FMR
|
Fair
Market Rent (maximum rent for Section 8 rental assistance)
|
FNMA
|
Federal
National Mortgage Association. Federally chartered, stockholder owned corporation
supporting secondary market for FHA, VA, and conventional
mortgages.
|
FONSI
|
Finding
of No Significant Impact. Environmental Assessment finding that a project
will not significantly affect the quality of human life.
|
FPM
|
Field
Policy and Management (HUD Office of)
|
Freddie
Mac
|
See
FHLMC
|
FSI
|
Financial
Systems Integration
|
FSS
|
Family
Self Sufficiency program
|
FTE
|
full-time
equivalent (employee) (2080 hours of paid employment).
|
FY
|
fiscal
year
|
GI
|
General
Insurance Fund (one of four FHA insurance funds)
|
Ginnie
Mae
|
(HUD)
Government National Mortgage Association
|
GIS
|
geographic
information system
|
GMC
|
Grants
Management Center (under Public and Indian Housing)
|
GMP
|
Grants
Management Program
|
GMS
|
Grants
Management System
|
GPRA
|
Government
Performance and Results Act. Requires Federal Agencies to establish performance
standards and report on results.
|
GSA
|
Government
Services Administration
|
GTM
|
Government
Technical Monitor (for contracts)
|
GSE
|
Government-sponsored
enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac)
|
GTR
|
Government
Technical Representative (for contracts)
|
HAP
|
Housing
Assistance Payments
|
HAP
|
Housing
Assistance Plan. Housing
Plans required by CDBG program.
|
HATS
|
Administration’s
system for tracking requests for personnel action
|
HFA
|
Housing
Finance Agency. State
or local agencies responsible for financing and preserving
low/mod housing within a state.
|
HHS
|
Health
and Human Services (U.S. Department of)
|
HMDA
|
Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act. 1975 Act, amended 1989 requires mortgage lending institutions
to collect and disclose information on their lending practices.
|
HOC
|
Homeownership
Center (FHA - Single Family Housing field structure)
|
HOME
|
Home
Investment Partnerships (CPD program)
|
HOPE
VI
|
Program
for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (PIH
program)
|
HOPWA
|
Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (CPD program)
|
HUD
|
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
|
HUDCAPS
|
HUD
Central Accounting Processing System
|
IBS
|
Integrated
Business System
|
ICDBG
|
Indian
Community Development Block Grant Program
|
IDAs
|
Individual
Development Accounts
|
IDIS
|
Integrated
Disbursement and Information System (CPD system)
|
IG
|
Inspector
General (HUD Office of)
|
IHAs
|
Indian
Housing Authorities
|
IHBG
|
Indian
Housing Block Grants Program
|
IPA
|
Intergovernmental
Personnel Act. Permits temporary assignment of employees to public and private
sector.
|
IT
|
Information
Technology.
|
LDRS
|
(HUD)
Leadership Development and Recognition System (incentive awards
system for executives, managers, and supervisors)
|
LIHTC
|
Low
Income Housing Tax Credit
|
LM
|
Loan
Management
|
LMR
|
Labor-Management
Relations
|
LR
|
Labor
Relations (usually in reference to HUD programmatic compliance
with Davis-Bacon and related Acts)
|
MAHRA
|
Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997
|
MAP
|
Multifamily
Application Processing (FHA-Multifamily Housing process)
|
MBA
|
Mortgage
Bankers Association
|
MBE
|
Minority
Business Enterprise
|
MBS
|
Mortgage-backed
securities (for secondary market issued by Ginnie Mae)
|
MIS
|
Management
Information System
|
MLIS
|
Mortgage
Lending Information System
|
M&M
|
Management
and Marketing. Single
family program to manage and market acquired properties using
contractors.
|
MMIF
or MMI
|
Mutual
Mortgage Insurance Fund (one of four FHA funds)
|
MSPB
|
Merit
Systems Protection Board. Independent Agency which hears and adjudicates Federal employees’
allegations of abuse of merit principles.
|
MOU
|
Memorandum
of Understanding
|
MTCS
|
Multifamily
Tenant Characteristics System
|
NACO
|
National
Association of County Officials
|
NAHASDA
|
Native
American Housing Assistance Self-Determination Act
|
NAHB
|
National
Association of Home Builders
|
NAHRO
|
National
Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
|
NAPA
|
National
Academy of Public Administration
|
NAR
|
National
Association of Realtors
|
NAREB
|
National
Association of Real Estate Brokers
|
National
Partnership for Reinventing Government
|
Formally
known as NPR (National Performance Review). Review of federal government operations resulting
in recommendations for improvement.
|
NCHS
|
National
Center for Health Statistics
|
NCSBCS
|
National
Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards
|
NFC
|
National
Finance Center
|
NFFE
|
National
Federation of Federal Employees (one of 2 employee unions
in HUD)
|
NIBS
|
National
Institute of Building Sciences
|
NOFA
|
(HUD)
Notice of Funding Availability
|
NPR
|
See
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
|
NSF
|
National
Science Foundation
|
NTO
|
National
Tenant’s Organization
|
ODEEO
|
(HUD)
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity
|
ODOC
|
(HUD)
Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination
|
Officer
Next Door
|
HUD
sale of Single Family Properties in revitalization areas to
police officers in order to improve neighborhood security.
|
OGC
|
(HUD)
Office of General Counsel
|
OHHLHC
|
(HUD)
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
|
OLHC
|
See
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
|
OLR
|
(HUD)
Office of Labor Relations
|
OMB
|
U.S.
Office of Management and Budget
|
OMB
Circular A-76
|
Policies
and procedures to determine if work should be contracted or
performed in-house.
|
OMB
Circular A-102
|
Policies
for Federal Departments for establishing and maintaining internal
controls in program and administrative activities.
|
OMHAR
|
(HUD)
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring
|
ONAP
|
Office
of Native American Programs
|
Operating
Subsidies
|
Payments
authorized by the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 for operating costs
of low-rent public housing projects.
|
OPM
|
Office
of Personnel Management
|
Outlay
|
Measure
of government spending for budget purposes. Any type of funds used to liquidate a federal
obligation.
|
OSDBU
|
(HUD)
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
|
P&F
|
program
and funding (budget table)
|
PACS
|
HUD
Performance Accountability and Communication System (for managers
and supervisors)
|
PAE
|
Participating
Administrative Entity. Organization eligible to implement
mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency (Restructuring)
Plans. ( multifamily housing assistance restructuring)
|
PATH
|
Partnership
for Advancing Technology in Housing (PD&R program)
|
PD
|
Property
Disposition. Disposition
of real property.
|
PD
|
Position
Description. Description of the functions of a position.
|
PD&R
|
Policy
Development and Research (HUD Office of)
|
PFS
|
Performance
Funding System. Formula used to calculate the amount of operating subsidies required
by each PHA to operate it’s public housing.
|
PHA
|
Public
Housing Authority
|
PHAS
|
Public
Housing Assessment System (under REAC)
|
PHDEP
|
Public
Housing Drug Enforcement Program (PIH program)
|
PHMAP
|
Public
Housing Management Assessment Program (under PIH)
|
PIH
|
Public
and Indian Housing (HUD Office of)
|
PJs
|
Participating
Jurisdictions (in HOME program)
|
PTR
|
Post
Technical Reviews
|
QMR
|
(HUD)
Quality Management Review program (for oversight of field
operations)
|
REAC
|
(HUD)
Real Estate Assessment Center
|
REAP
|
Resource
Estimation and Allocation Process (under Chief Financial Officer)
|
REMIC
|
Real
Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (under Ginnie Mae)
|
REMS
|
Real
Estate Management System (under REAC)
|
Rent
Supplement
|
Payments
to owners of private housing on behalf of qualified low income
tenants. (Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965).
|
Rental
Rehabilitation
|
Grants
to cities and states for rehabilitation of rental housing.
(Housing Act of 1937)
|
REO
|
real
estate owned (in reference to defaulted FHA-insured properties)
|
Reservation
|
Set-aside
of funds for a particular program initiative.
|
RESPA
|
Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Requires lenders to provide borrowers under
Federal loan or mortgage insurance programs to receive specific
loan transaction information.
|
RFP
|
Request
for Proposals. Used
to solicit proposals for contracts under the negotiated procurement
method.
|
RFQ
|
Request
for Quotations. Used
to solicit price quotes under the simplified acquisition procurement
method.
|
RIF
|
Reduction
In Force. Action by
management to reduce or adjust an agency’s workforce.
|
ROSS
|
Resident
Opportunity and Supportive Services
|
S&E
|
salaries
and expenses appropriation
|
SAC
|
Special
Applications Center (under PIH)
|
SAMA
|
Site
Appraisal and Market Analysis. Required for commitment of FHA mortgage insurance
on most Multifamily Projects and large subdivisions.
|
Schedule
A
|
Excepted
appointment for positions which are not practical to exame
(eg. attorneys)
|
Schedule
B
|
Excepted
appointment to positions for which there is not competitive
exams.
|
Schedule
C
|
Appointment
exempt from competitive procedures for individuals involved
in setting Presidential policies or serving in confidential
positions reporting to policy makers.
|
Section
3
|
Obligates
PHAs to afford resident access t jobs and contracting opportunities
created by federal funding.
|
Section
5(h)
|
Permits
PHAs to sell all or part of a public housing development to
eligible residents.
|
Section
8
|
Housing
Assistance Payment Program (Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974)
|
Section
8(a)
|
Small
Business Act authorizing SBA to enter into contracts with
other federal agencies for goods and services. SBA then subcontracts work with eligible small firms.
|
Section
8 FMC
|
Section
8 Financial Management Center (under PIH)
|
Section
9 Operating Subsidies
|
See
Operating Subsidies
|
Section
184 |
Loan
Guarantee Program |
Section
202
|
Loans
for construction/rehab of housing for the elderly or handicapped.
|
Section
203
|
Basic
FHA Single Family mortgage insurance program.
|
Section
108
|
Section
108 Loan Guarantee
Program (under CPD)
|
Section
202/811
|
Programs
for housing assistance to the elderly and people with disabilities
|
Section
207
|
Basic
FHA multifamily insurance program
|
Section
221(d)(2)
|
FHA
Single Family Mortgage insurance for low/moderate income families
|
Section
221(d)(3)
|
FHA
mortgage insurance for Multifamily housing for low/moderate
income families.
|
Section
223(e)
|
FHA
mortgage insurance with housing in older declining neighborhoods.
|
Section
223(f)
|
FHA
mortgage insurance to refinance existing multifamily housing
|
Section
231
|
Mortgage
insurance for housing constructed or rehabilitated primarily
for elderly persons.
|
Section
235
|
FHA
single family mortgage insurance with subsidies on interest
for low/moderate income families
|
Section
236
|
FHA
multifamily mortgage insurance with subsidies on interest
for low/moderate income projects.
|
SEMAP
|
Section
8 Management Assessment Program
|
SES
|
Senior
Executive Service. Personnel/Payroll system for executives.
(Civil Service Act of 1978)
|
Source
Evaluation Board
|
Group
of HUD officials responsible for reviewing proposals on competitive
contracts of more than $500,000.
|
Special
Risk Insurance Fund
|
One
of four FHA funds used primarily for higher risk programs
(eg. Section 235; Section 223(e).
|
SRI
|
Special
Risk Insurance Fund (of FHA)
|
SRO
|
Single-Room
Occupancy. Mortgage
insurance under Section 221(d) for single room apartments.
|
STARS
|
System
for tracking calls requesting computer-related assistance
|
Super
NOFA
|
HUD’s
consolidated approach to issuance of Notices of Funding Availability
|
TANF
|
Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families
|
TARC
|
Troubled
Agency Recovery Center (under PIH)
|
TDHEs
|
Tribally
Designated Housing Entities
|
TEAPOTS
|
Title
VIII Paperless Office and Tracking System (FHEO system)
|
Title
I (HCD 1974)
|
Title
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (CDBG)
authorized CDBG
|
Title
I (NHA 1937)
|
Title
I of the National Housing Act of 1937 provided FHA insurance
for home improvements and mobile homes.
|
Title
VI |
Loan
Guarantee Program |
TLI
|
Targeted
Lending Initiative (of Ginnie Mae)
|
Turnkey
|
Housing
unit initially financed and constructed by private sponsor
and purchased by PHA.
|
USDA
|
U.S.
Department of Agriculture
|
VA
|
Veterans
Affairs (U.S. Department of)
|
VCA
|
Voluntary
Compliance Agreement. Conciliation agreement signed by a complainant to resolve a complaint.
|
Youthbuild
|
HUD
program to promote apprenticeships for needy youth in building
trades
|
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