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This rule would revise HUD’s Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) regulations governing the assessments, evaluation, and oversight of public housing agencies (PHAs) administering public housing and Section 8 voucher programs. Under the rule, performance would focus on key indicators such as occupancy, financial, and physical assessments. To the greatest extent possible, scoring indicators would be based on measurable program outcomes based on data that is already available to HUD as opposed to being process oriented. The rule will also seek to align the PHAS scoring indicators with Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) and reduce or eliminate the reliance on PHA self-certifications as a verification method of PHA performance. This rule is being developed with input received from PHAs, industry groups, and advocates during a series of seven in-person and virtual listening sessions HUD held in the fall of 2022, as well as a listening session with industry groups held in early 2023.