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 |
APPS |
Active Partners Performance System |
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) |
ARAMS |
Automatic Renewal and Amendment Management Subsystem |
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 |
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) |
DARTS |
Departmental Accounts Receivable Tracking/Collection System |
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 |
DM |
Data Mart |
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 |
F 47 |
see MFIS |
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 |
FASS |
Financial Assessment Subsystem |
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) |
GIMS |
Grant Interface Mgmt System |
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. |
HART |
HUD Assistance and Recovery Team |
HERFORU |
HEREMS Field Office Reporting Utility aka HEREMS |
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) |
HIPRS |
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Integrated Performance Reporting System (HIPRS) application tracks and reports accomplishments on the national Management Plan goals in Headquarters and the local goals in the Field offices. |
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 |
LAS |
Loan Accounting System; direct loans |
LASS |
Lender Assessment Subsystem |
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 |
LOCCS |
Line of Credit Control System |
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) |
MARS |
Multifamily Accounting Report and Servicing System aka CSMS; hud-held loans |
MBA |
Mortgage
Bankers Association |
MBE |
Minority
Business Enterprise |
MBS |
Mortgage-backed
securities (for secondary market issued by Ginnie Mae) |
MDDR |
Multifamily Delinquency and Default Reporting System |
MFHRHIIP |
Multifamily Housing Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project |
MFIS |
Multifamily Insurance System aka F47-insured loans |
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. |
OPIIS |
Online Property Integrated Information Suite formerly NASS |
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) |
PAS |
Program Accounting System; grants |
PASS |
Physical Inspection Assessment Subsystem |
PATH |
Partnership
for Advancing Technology in Housing (PD&R program) |
PBCA |
Performance Based Contract Administrator |
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. |
RHIIP |
Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project |
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 |
START |
Neighborhood Networks Strategic Tracking and Reporting Tool |
Super
NOFA |
HUD’s
consolidated approach to issuance of Notices of Funding Availability |
TAC |
Technical Assistance Center (REAC Helpdesk) |
TANF |
Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families |
TARC |
Troubled
Agency Recovery Center (under PIH) |
TASS |
Tenant Assessment Subsystem |
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) |
TRACS |
Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System |
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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