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Grand County Housing Authority updates tenant selection plans to adopt HUD’s HOTMA rules for senior and affordable properties
Summary
The housing authority updated tenant selection plans for Grand Living Senior Homes and Silver Spruce Apartments to adopt the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) rules for income and asset verification; the board approved both updates with effective dates noted.
The Grand County Housing Authority asked the Board of County Commissioners, sitting as the housing authority board, to approve updates to tenant selection plans for two county-owned properties to adopt provisions of the federal Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA).
Sheena Darlene (Sheena Darling in the packet), the housing authority director, told commissioners the updates adjust how the authority evaluates resident assets and income under new HUD guidance. For Grand Living Senior Homes the authority adopted the HOTMA verbiage retroactive to July 1, 2025; for the Silver Spruce Apartments in Kremmling the authority adopted HOTMA provisions with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2026, pending HUD’s schedule for implementation. Darling said the administration is awaiting HUD’s final guidance on specific verbiage in some sections but that the tenant selection plans state that the authority will adopt HOTMA and follow HUD rules when they apply.
Why it matters: HOTMA changes how public housing authorities count and verify assets and income, including thresholds for simplified verification for residents with low asset holdings. Darling said HOTMA’s approach is intended to simplify some documentation requirements for residents with less than $5,000 in assets, although staff will still verify those assets and the program expects continuing administrative work.
The board approved motions to adopt the updated tenant selection plans for Grand Living Senior Homes and for Silver Spruce Apartments, with the stated effective dates and a note that the authority will revert to default qualifications if HUD delays implementation.
Next steps: Housing authority staff will finalize plan wording after receiving HUD guidance and will implement the new verification processes for tenant selection on the stated schedule. County staff said they will return with any required administrative changes and implementation steps for commissioners' awareness.
