The Federal and State Five-Year and Annual Plans
Congress passed a law in 1998 that requires Housing Authorities administered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create Five-Year and Annual Plans. The Federal Five-Year Plan details Boston Housing Authority's major goals for a period covering five fiscal years while the Annual Plan details BHA’s programs and policies covering a single fiscal year (April 1 – March 31). It also includes information about the Capital Fund Program (CFP) where the BHA plans on spending capital funds in the future.
The below documents include the current Five-Year Plan covering April 2020 - March 2025, the proposed Five-Year Plan covering April 2025 - March 2030; the current Annual Plan covering April 2024 - March 2025, and the proposed Annual Plan covering April 2025 - March 2026. Following that are Archives for previous Plans along with a brief description of the plan process including notice and amendments.
Massachusetts passed a law, MGL Ch. 121B Sec. 28A that requires State-Assisted Housing Authorities administered by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), formerly Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), to also create an Annual Plan and BHA worked on the State Annual Plan for the first time in fall 2020. To learn more about the current State Annual Plan for April 2024 - March 2025 for which EOHLC has completed review as well as the proposed State Annual Plan for April 2025 - March 2026, click here and be brought to a separate page with plan documents as well as an archive for plans from prior years.
Current and Proposed: HUD Federal Five-Year Plan documents:
Documents were available for review and comment November 1, 2019 to December 15, 2019 and were submitted to HUD by Jan 15, 2020. This Five Year Plan is in effect April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2025.
To see the plan public hearing flyer held December 9, 2019 including comments on the Five-Year Plan, click here.
- Five Year Plan (Fiscal Year 2020-2024 spanning the dates of April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2025) on HUD form HUD-50075-5Y, click here.
Proposed Draft Five Year Plan spanning the dates of April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2030, click here.
Current and Proposed: HUD Federal Annual Plan documents:
Current Approved HUD Federal FY 2024 Annual Plan (covers April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025)
All the documents associated with the approved Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Plan that spans April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 are posted below. Documents were available for review and comment November 1, 2023 to December 15, 2023 and were submitted to HUD by Jan 15, 2024.
To see the annual plan public hearing flyer that describes the virtual public hearing held on December 12, 2023 and where the annual plan documents can be accessed, click here. To access the zoom recording of the Dec 12 public hearing use the following link and passcode below: please note the recording starts before the hearing begins: 0 - 23 minutes 45 seconds is getting ready; Hearing begins with introduction at 23:45 and continues through 41:45; Comments and Responses begin at 41:45 and continue through 1:18:49:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/7wQ8fhNPCHO9sIS_beylfHCVZx-jHPOiJiByKyNwmj-T7eKtMpgZrV-UVdfTpjLt.4QFsDrG_3jWscq_P
Passcode: 3q0&UEj. (Note: enter the case-sensitive passcode exactly as is and include the period at the end)
- Annual Plan 2024 template spanning April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, click here.
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Annual Plan 2024 supplement, click here.
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5 Year Plan Progress Report (2020-2024), click here.
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Five Year Capital Plan (Fiscal Year 2023-2027) on HUD form HUD-50075-5Y, Parts I, II, and III, click here.
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Five-Year Capital Fund Program FY2024-2028 Work Activities Sheet, click here.
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Rental Assistance Demonstration attachment to annual plan, redlined, click here.
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Site Based Applicant and Resident race, ethnicity, and disability status, click here.
- Four Factor Analysis for the Limited English Proficiency program, click here.
- Leased Housing Administrative Plan, redlined, click here.
- Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, redlined, click here.
- Responses to Comments, click here.
- Plan Certifications from BHA and City of Boston, click here.
Proposed Draft HUD Federal FY 2025 Annual Plan (covers April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026)
All the documents associated with the draft Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Plan that spans April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 are posted below. Documents were available for review and comment November 1, 2024 to December 15, 2024 and were submitted to HUD by Jan 15, 2025.
To see the annual plan public hearing flyer that describes the virtual public hearing held on December 9, 2024, click here.
- Annual Plan 2025 template spanning April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, click here.
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Annual Plan 2025 supplement, click here.
- 5 Year Plan (2025-2029), click here.
- Five Year Plan Progress Report, click here.
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Five Year Capital Plan (Fiscal Year 2025-2029) on HUD form HUD-50075-5Y, Parts I, II, and III, click here.
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Five-Year Capital Fund Program FY2025-2029 Work Activities Sheet, click here.
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Rental Assistance Demonstration attachment to annual plan, redlined, click here.
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Site Based Applicant and Resident race, ethnicity, and disability status, click here.
- Four Factor Analysis for the Limited English Proficiency program, click here.
- Leased Housing Administrative Plan, redlined, with appendix, Admin-Plan-for2025 and appendix, click here.
- Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, redlined, click here.
- Responses to Comments, available with Plan submission in Jan 2025, click here.
- Plan Certifications from BHA and City of Boston, click here.
HUD Federal Plan Archives
Archived Annual Plan Documents may be located here.
The Federal Plan Process
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) submits the Federal Plan by January 15 each year to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for its review (BHA submits the Five-Year Plan once every five years and submits the Annual Plan every year). HUD has 75 days to review and either approves it or identifies deficiencies. If there is a deficiency, BHA addresses the issue and re-submits.
Members of the Resident Advisory Board meet regularly with BHA staff to discuss the Plan.
HUD Plan Public Notice
The Plan is available to residents and the public for 45 days for review and comment before being reviewed by HUD. In a typical year, the Annual Plan is available for public review on November 1 and the comment period closes on December 15. BHA places a legal notice in a newspaper each year, typically the Boston Globe and sends a notice in the mail to housing program participants alerting them to the Plan and how to access it as well as to provide comment. Comments can be sent in writing through the mail, via email, and also at a public hearing.
Copies of the draft Plans are sent to the Resident Advisory Board and Local Tenant Organizations. The Plan is available at BHA’s Planning Department (52 Chauncy Street, Boston), see above for links to approved plan, at the Boston Public Library Copley Branch, and on the BHA website.
If you would like to receive notice of public comment items, please subscribe to the BHA’s Public Review mailing list.
HUD Plan Public Hearing
BHA holds a Public Hearing each year to provide an opportunity for BHA residents and the public to comment on the Annual Plan. Typically BHA holds two public hearings with one being during daytime hours and one in the evening and also one of the hearings is in person while the other is virtual on-line. BHA includes the record of comments and responses in the final Plan package to HUD.
If you have a reasonable accommodation request for reviewing the Plan or attending a Public Hearing, please call (617) 988-4107 or TDD (800) 545-1833 ext. 420. Interpreters can be made available at the Hearing with advance request.
Comments can be sent to 52 Chauncy Street Boston, attn: John Kane, Boston, MA 02111; or by email.
HUD Annual Plan Amendments
Occasionally the BHA will submit a significant amendment to its Annual Plan during the year. This requires the BHA to hold an additional review and comment period and a public hearing.