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Office Hour Series | HCV Two-Year Tool (TYT)

HUD will be hosting a series of HCV Two-Year Tool Office Hours on June 4th, July 8th and August 5th, for PHAs administering the HCV Program. Each session will have a special focus in relation to the TYT and is noted below. Registration is not required. Please join us live! These exclusive office hours will not be recorded.

  1. Thursday, June 4th at 3-4 pm EST | https://events.intellor.com/login/513722
    Release of TYT with 2026 as year one, Mainstream and regular HCV funding merge, new summary page, and MTW functionality changes
  2. Wednesday, July 8th at  2-3pm EST | https://events.intellor.com/login/513717
    TYT Frequently Asked Questions
  3. Wednesday, August 5th at 2-3 pm EST | https://events.intellor.com/login/513719
    Latest Updates to TYT VMS/HUDCAPS Data

  • HCV Two-Year Tool Guide
    This file contains step-by-step instructions for using the Two-Year Tool. Note: New screenshots of the updated TYT (June 2026) are currently being added to this guide.

  • HCV Two-Year Projection Tool
    The objective of the Two-Year Tool (TYT) is to analyze a PHA's utilization situation which includes running basic leasing and spending scenarios to better inform decisions going forward in an effort to optimize the program over a multi-year period. There are many variables that affect a PHA's HCV program, some outside of a PHA's control and some that can be impacted by policies and operations; variables including Congressional funding, cost per unit trends, the rate at which participants leave the program (i.e. attrition rate), and the rate at which vouchers are successfully leased (including the time-to success).

    Upon opening this tool, a PHA should enter the applicable five-character PHA code (e.g. MA002) and click the "Open Two-Year Tool" button. This will create a Tool with all applicable information; you will first be asked to save this file to your computer. Depending on your version of Microsoft Office and your personal settings, you may need to enable macros, ActiveX and content.  To save the file locally click “File” then “Save As”. Please see the "HCV Two-Year Tool Guide".

    This file is updated continuously.

  • Tool of Tools (ToT) – This link is currently unavailable while we make updates. Please check back soon.

    This is a combination of two tools:

    1) Payment Standard Tool (PST)
    This tool helps a PHA determine the repercussions of potential future payment standard changes on both program costs AND participant rent burden.
    Additional analytical tools (e.g. overhoused analysis) are available.
    The instructions/guide are found within the Tool.

    2) HCV Analysis Tool (HAT)
    The output of the HAT is two-fold: 1) a PDF overview of a PHA's voucher program, including PHA-to-state and PHA-to-country comparisons (with a special two-page bonus PBV/RAD PDF where applicable) and 2) a "PIC Drill-Down" report that allows the user to analyze tenant-level data in PIC.