Does QHWRA state that PHAs need no longer recruit families for FSS?
No. PHAs with mandatory FSS programs must complete their FSS program obligations. A PHA’s FSS obligation continues until the number of families successfully completing the FSS program on or after October 21, 1998, is equal to the number of the mandatory FSS slots of the PHA prior to any reduction approved by HUD. (Since the obligation for public housing and housing choice voucher FSS are separate, graduation of housing choice voucher FSS program participants reduces the mandatory housing choice voucher FSS program size and graduation of public housing FSS graduates reduces the mandatory public housing FSS program size.) PHAs with voluntary FSS programs may maintain FSS programs at the level reflected in their HUD- approved FSS Action Plan.
