1. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Tenmast Conference Event Uniform Physical Condition Standards for Vouchers (UPCS-V)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
October 13, 2017

2. Part 1: Overview of UPCS-V
Donald “DJ” La Voy
Deputy Assistant Secretary
REAC
Kevin Portanova
Deputy Director
REAC IT

3. Agenda
Root Cause for Change
Introduction to UPCS-V Pilot Program
UPCS-V Inspection Application Demo
Voucher Electronic Data Gathering Application - VEDGA – Exchange Portal
Stakeholder Collaboration

4. Root Cause for Change Senate Report FY16 on HQS:
“…directs HUD to implement a single inspection protocol for public housing and voucher units…”
“HUD's housing quality standards should effectively protect the health and safety of public housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) residents…standards for the HCV program remain outdated and do not reflect recent research on health and safety threats in the home.”

5. Root Cause for Change (continued)
2014: REAC completed 27,000 QC inspections
Inconsistency pervasive throughout Housing Quality Standards (HQS) process
HQS not accommodating of an electronic data model
QC under HQS is resource intensive; unable to realize efficiencies of scale or technology
2008: HUD Office of Inspector General Audit Report
HUD lacked controls and oversight of the Housing Choice Voucher inspection process

6. Introduction to UPCS-V Pilot Program
UPCS-V Pilot Program is in development with PHA input.
Electronic, data-driven inspection protocol
Accuracy:
Different inspectors arriving at the same result each time
Consistency:
Decision trees or branching logic
HUD provided training
HUD quality control program
Objectivity:
Inspections (assessments) conducted using a defined set of criteria
Improving inspections, training, and compliance

7. Part 2: UPCS-V IT Systems
Luis Casillas
Product Owner, UPCS-V Software Applications
OED

8. UPCS-V Pilot – Decision Tree Demo
iOS & Android

9. Why VEDGA? *24 CFR Part 982 [Docket No. FR–5928–N–01]
Published: May 4, 2016

10. Voucher Electronic Data Gathering App
Universal ability to exchange data between HUD and vendors, such as Yardi.
The exchange would serve both a push and pull ability. This would allow the exchange of inspection data and Decision Trees.
Currently we are testing the data exchange. Beta testers are within driving distance of DC
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

11. UPCS-V Pilot - Stakeholder CollaborationHS
HUD
REAC IT
Vendor Z
Vendor A
Feedback on Slack Channel
Host Quarterly Town Halls
UPCS-V beta-tester Community
Collaboration between HUD and 3rd party software developers is crucial to the success of UPCS-V long-term

12. UPCS-V Slack Channel URL: https://upcs-v.slack.com
Username Instructions
institution-firstname.lastname
ex: hud-john.smith

13. Questions & Answers
Volunteers