US Housing Consultants’ USDA Rural Development (RD) training seminars provide detailed information vital to ensuring proper compliance. To begin with, USDA/RD provides safe and affordable housing for the nation’s most vulnerable rural area families. To help these critical housing programs remain intact, owners/agents must do their part by operating their properties by USDA/RD regulations. However, maintaining compliance can become a challenge with the ever-changing housing regulations. Above all, failing to maintain compliance can result in dire consequences for the owner and, most importantly, the tenants.
Going beyond the HB-2-3560
Learn How to Conquer Rural Development Compliance
Our Conquering USDA Rural Development USDA/RD Compliance course helps affordable housing professionals overcome the challenges of USDA project compliance. This course delves deeply into Rural Development’s laws and regulations
while providing real-world, practical examples. In particular, this course uses examples and exercises to ensure a thorough understanding of maintaining project compliance.
Our Compliance workshops and complete certification courses cover all aspects of USDA/RD Compliance.
Conquering USDA/RD Compliance discusses all requirements of these programs. We educate on how to determine household eligibility by calculating income, rent, and recertification requirements. Additionally, we review everything from processing applications to evaluating student status. We review current regulations and discuss our ever-changing industry, including the new household and project compliance
requirements. Most importantly this course is full of real-world examples with practical applications. It uses exercises to ensure attendees finish the session with a thorough understanding of Rural Development compliance.
Learn About USDA/RD Household Eligibility
USDA/RD Compliance includes requirements regarding tenant selection and eligibility. The 3560 Handbook breaks down these requirements to ensure that every applicant is eligible for occupancy and rental assistance (RA).
This seminar will review the essential elements of the program, including:
• Verifying and Calculating Income and Assets and Adjusted Income
• Tenant Recertification and Changes in Eligibility
• Waiting Lists, Tenant Selection, and Unit Assignment
• Assigning Rental Assistance (RA).
Working with USDA/RD’s Project Requirements
USDA/RD has a wide range of requirements, from physical condition requirements to Section 504/UFAS and marketing policies that protect residents’ rights. Accordingly, we will review tenant grievance procedures, monitoring requirements for USDA, and an overview of Farm Labor Housing. To properly manage a USDA property, you need to have a thorough understanding of every rule.
