Moving to Work Standard Agreement

Purpose of the MTW Standard Agreement

• To provide MTW agencies with better customer service by providing consistent, clear, and standardized language;
• To ease the transition from a demonstration to a longer-term, operationally sound program;
• To ensure that MTW agencies report outcome information to HUD so we can accurately evaluate the effects of MTW policy changes on residents, the agency’s operations, and the local community. MTW is in effect a laboratory for public housing, MTW agencies are implementing innovative initiatives, and HUD is increasingly focusing on the successes achieved through the MTW Demonstration program.

Overview of the MTW Standard Agreement

The MTW Standard Agreement is a new standardized version of HUD’s existing MTW Agreements with the participating MTW Demonstration Program agencies. The Standard Agreement authorizes a term of ten years, and contains up to four attachments.

Agencies that transition to the Standard Agreement are required to make the Agreement available for public review for a minimum of thirty days, and to hold public hearings so that residents and stakeholders may have an opportunity to present comments on the Agreement. The Agency must also present the Agreement at a Board meeting so that the agency Board of Commissioners can adopt a resolution that approves the MTW Agreement and authorizes the Executive Director of the Agency to execute the Agreement. Once the Agreement has been executed, the Agency will send the document to HUD.

MTW Plan and Report Requirements Under the Standard Agreement

Once an agency has an executed MTW Agreement in place, in order to implement new MTW initiatives using the expanded authorities provided in the MTW Agreement, it is necessary for the agency to include new initiatives in an approved Annual MTW Plan. The purpose of the Annual MTW Plan is to provide local stakeholders and HUD with a clear understanding of the Agency’s activities for the coming fiscal year. The Plan should specifically provide information on the items listed in Attachment B of the MTW Agreement. An initial MTW Plan may be submitted to HUD that covers the period from the signing of the Agreement to the beginning of the next fiscal year. Alternatively, agencies may delay submission of an Annual MTW Plan until the next fiscal year.

Below are links to the MTW Standard Agreement:

	Standard Agreement
	Attachment B - Elements for the Annual MTW Plan and Annual MTW Report - These requirements are the same for all MTW Agencies
	Attachment C - Statement of Authorizations This document is the same for all MTW Agencies

The Standard Agreement also includes Attachments A and D, which are customized to each individual housing agency.

• Attachment A - Calculation of Subsidies
  HUD works with each MTW Agency develop an Attachment A that ties into the MTW Agreement.
• Attachment D - Legacy and Community-Specific Authorizations
  For some MTW Agencies, the Agreement contains this Attachment that includes community-specific authorizations. HUD works with the Agency to add or correct language to ensure that the Attachment D serves the interests of all parties.

Agencies that Have Executed the MTW Standard Agreement

	Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
	Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta
	Housing Authority of Baltimore City
	Cambridge Housing Authority
	Charlotte Housing Authority
	Chicago Housing Authority
	Delaware State Housing Authority
	Keene Housing Authority
	King County Housing Authority
	Lawrence-Douglas Housing Authority
	Lincoln Housing Authority
	Louisville Metropolitan Housing Authority
	Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
	Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
	Housing Authority of the City of New Haven
	Oakland Housing Authority
	Philadelphia Housing Authority
	Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
	Portage Metropolitan Housing Authority
	Housing Authority of Portland
	San Antonio Housing Authority
	Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
	San Diego Housing Commission
	San Jose Housing Authority
	Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo
	Santa Clara Housing Authority
	Seattle Housing Authority
	Housing Authority of the County of Tulare
	Vancouver Housing Authority