The MTW Demonstration was established to give Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and HUD flexibility to design and test various approaches for providing and administering housing assistance that:
The 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (the Act), authorizes HUD to expand the MTW Demonstration (see Section 239). The 2016 legislation also directed HUD to and form a MTW Research Advisory Committee which recommended that HUD study the following policies through the MTW Expansion: MTW flexibility, rent reform, work requirements and landlord incentives. Currently, there are 39 MTW PHAs nationwide and HUD plans to expand the program to an additional 100 PHAs by 2022.
Based on the advice of the MTW Research Advisory Committee, HUD determined the five MTW Expansion cohorts are:
To learn more about the MTW Demonstration program and MTW Expansion, go to the HUD.gov MTW Demonstration web page.
HUD’s anticipated timeline for the expansion is shown the table below.
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Cohort #1 – |
Cohort #2 – |
Cohort #3 – |
Cohort #4 – |
Cohort #5 – |
2020
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Jul-Sep |
Invite 33 PHAs to Apply |
Publish Selection Notice |
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Oct-Dec |
Applications Due (Dec) |
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2021 |
Jan-Mar |
Announce Selectees (Jan) |
Applications Due (Jan) |
Publish Selection Notice |
Publish Selection Notice |
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Apr-Jun |
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Jul-Sept |
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Applications Due |
Applications Due |
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Oct-Dec |
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Announce Selectees |
Announce Selectees |
Publish Selection Notice |
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2022 |
Jan-Mar |
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Applications Due |
Apr-Jun |
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Announce Selectees |
* The above timeline assumes timely internal/external review of documents.
The following are not reflected in this timeline: MTW Amendment to the ACC; MTW Supplement to PHA Plan; Migration to PIC-NG for MTW Expansion PHAs; Training Field Offices and New MTW PHAs; Onboarding New MTW PHAs; Implementation of Regionalization Provision; Oversight of Existing 39 MTW PHAs