HUD Renews the Paperwork Keeping Section 8 Agencies Accountable
Published Date: 10/30/2026
Notice
Summary
HUD wants to keep collecting info from public housing agencies to check how well they manage Section 8 housing. Most agencies report every year, but smaller ones can do it every two years. Comments on this plan are open until December 29, 2026, and there’s no new cost—just a paperwork update to keep things running smoothly.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Estimated paperwork burden and annual cost
HUD estimates 1,544 PHAs will file Form HUD-52648, each taking 12 hours (total 18,528 hours) at an hourly cost of $42.50 for an annual cost of $787,440. HUD also estimates 60 corrective action plans (10 hours each, $25,500) and 400 reports on correction (2 hours each, $34,000), for a total of 2,004 responses, 19,928 annual burden hours, and $846,940 in annual cost.
SEMAP certification frequency rules
If you run a public housing agency (PHA), you must submit the SEMAP certification (Form HUD-52648) each year. Small PHAs may submit the SEMAP certification every 2 years instead of annually.
Troubled PHAs subject to corrective action monitoring
HUD will use each PHA's SEMAP certification together with other data to assign SEMAP indicator ratings and an overall performance rating. If HUD assigns an overall rating of 'troubled', the PHA's corrective action plan will be used to monitor the PHA's progress on program improvements.
Electronic filing into IMS/PIC required
PHAs are required to submit the SEMAP certification electronically into the Information Management System/Public and Indian Housing Information Center (IMS/PIC). Small rural PHAs are an exception to the electronic submission requirement.
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