Release Notes January 29, 2017 PMU

Enhancements

New and Updated HUD Forms

 

The following BP Master HUD forms have been updated to maintain compliance:

         AFHMP Plan

         HUD Form 92006

         HUD 91067 Lease Addendum - Violence Against Women

         Model Lease for Sec. 202-8 or 202 PAC

         Model Lease for Section 811 PRAC

         Model Lease for Subsidized Programs

         Racial and Ethnicity Form

 

In addition, the forms below have been added to Bostonpost Property Manager as BP Master documents:

         HUD 50066 - Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking

         HUD 52650 - Program Contract of Participation

         HUD 52652 - FSS Escrow Account Credit Worksheet

         HUD 90106 - Move-In Move-Out Inspection Form

         HUD 935-2b - Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan - Single Family Housing

         HUD 9834 - Management Review for Multifamily Projects

The new documents, along with any BP Master documents that have been manually removed from the database's document library, will appear in a new folder called "New BP Master Docs".

 

New Field on the Move-In Report

 

When the Move-In report is run as a configurable report, users can now select to view phone numbers and email addresses.

 

New Field on the Prospect Tracking Report and Prospect Analysis Report

 

When the Prospect Tracking report and Prospect Analysis report are run as configurable reports, users can now select to view information entered in the First Contact Type field for a prospect on the Guest Card tab.

 

New Field on the Waitlist Activity Report

A new field displaying pre-occupancy codes has been added to the Waitlist Activity report. This new field is available when running the Waitlist Activity report as a configurable report, and it allows users to track any applicants who do not yet occupy a unit.

 

New Fields on the Active Resident Report

 

When the Active Resident report is run as a configurable report, users can now select new fields which will display the address of the building, city, state, and zip code.

 

Corrected Issues

IR

Path

Description

68640

Unit Detail > Special Claims > Add New Special Claim

When completing the Add Non-Certified Subsidy task and selecting a charge type that uses the Internal Type of Non-Certified Voucher Other-Bill, the Credit account is now defined. Previously, users would receive an error which stated the Credit account, or the GL Offset Account, was not defined.

68968

System Admin > Maintain Documents

Users can now delete document names on the Maintain Documents tab after all of the related documents have been removed.

69423

System Admin > Maintain Documents

When copying the Tax Credit BIN merge field onto a form for a household that has a Tax Credit Federal funding program, the correct Tax Credit Federal BIN associated with the unit is now displayed in the field.

70649

Occupancy & Compliance > Prospects > Process Application

When a community has a non-financial funding program that only uses some of the available layers, the waitlist now only includes the layers applicable for the community. If a community is using a combined waitlist using different layers for the same funding program as another community, it will not be possible to complete a move-in with the incorrect layers selected for that community.  

75025

System Administration > Maintain Lookup Tables

A new Rent Limit Override table has been added to System Administration > Maintain Lookup Tables for HOME funding programs. This allows an override of the standard limits. The overridden rent limits appear on the Community > Rent tab.

76288

Accounts Payable Detail > Invoice Tab > Receive Invoice

For communities using the MRI API export, users are now prevented from exporting invoices with invoice numbers consisting of more than 12 characters. To export invoices from Bostonpost Property Manager to MRI, the invoices must have invoice numbers consisting of 12 or fewer characters.

83549

Household Detail > Accounting > Deposits > Add New Deposit

When adding a new monthly, quarterly, or yearly deposit for a household, users can now enter an initial payment amount that is different from the amount of the ongoing payments.

86121

Occupancy & Compliance Detail > TRACS > Repayment Agreement Tab

After a user creates an Owner/Agent repayment agreement using the Record an Owner/Agent Agreement task, they can now delete or modify the repayment agreement if it has not been included on a HAP request or has had a payment recorded against it.

86200

Occupancy & Compliance > Manage Vacancies

If an income-based optional program has a minimum or maximum count set, the system now enforces the set aside requirements properly. Previously, the system would not honor the occupancy counts for the optional funding program.

The ineligible layer related to income-based optional programs will no longer be considered when enforcing compliance needs for set asides. Previously, the ineligible layer would be considered and, if no minimums or maximums were set, would allow for ineligible households to be moved in even if a need existed for qualified households.

86237

Community Detail > Rent Tab > Add New Rent Plan

When a user processes a mid-month gross rent change to go into effect on a future date for a household with utility reimbursements, the system now creates a billing correction for the prorated difference. Previously, the system would bill the old rate at the beginning of the future period, and would also bill the new rate on the future date on which it takes effect.

88780

Occupancy & Compliance > LIHTC > Build LIHTC File

When a LIHTC file is built in NAHMA 3.1 or NAHMA 4.0, the Source Of Federal Rent Assistance field now populates correctly. When a LIHTC file is built in WBARS, the Rental Assistance Source field now populates correctly.

90425

Unit Detail > Gross Potential Activity

The Vacancy Schedule is now being created for new units when they are placed online during the process of setting up a new community, and it becomes effective on the date on which the unit is brought online.

90615

Occupancy & Compliance > LIHTC > Build LIHTC File

When a LIHTC file is built in NAHMA 3.1 or NAHMA 4.0 format for a household in the USDA or tax credit program group, the correct value is now displayed in the Source of Other Non-Federal Rent Assistance field.

94108

Reports

When a community has a tax credit program and an additional funding program, the Community Fact Sheet report now displays the lowest maximum rent amount, regardless of the funding program. Previously, the report would display the rate for the tax credit program, even if the maximum rent for the other program was lower.

94536

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

The New Hampshire (NH) TIC has been updated to maintain compliance.

95737

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

The TIC for the city of Irvine, California (CA) has been added to Bostonpost Property Manager.

95844

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

The New York (NY) Housing Finance Agency (HFA) TIC has been updated to maintain compliance.

95931

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

The Wyoming (WY) HOME TIC has been updated to maintain compliance.

96449

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

The Pennsylvania (PA) TIC has been updated to maintain compliance.

96870

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

When a user completes the Lease Change task for the same date as a previously transmitted Interim or Annual Recertification, the user now receives an error message directing them to the Correct Selected Transaction task. When the user completes the Correct Selected Transaction task instead, the accurate correction type is populated in Line 18 of the HUD 50059 form, and the MAT file no longer results in an error message when sent to TRACS.

96874

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

When a user completes the Interim Recertification task for the same date as a previously transmitted Interim Recertification, the user now receives an error message directing them to the Correct Selected Transaction task. When the user completes the Correct Selected Transaction task instead, the accurate correction type is populated in Line 18 of the HUD 50059 form, and the MAT file no longer results in an error message when sent to TRACS.

Similarly, when a user completes the Insert New Transaction task for the same date as a previously transmitted Annual Recertification, the user now receives an error message directing them to the Correct Selected Transaction task. When the user completes the Correct Selected Transaction task instead, the accurate correction type is populated in Line 18 of the HUD 50059 form, and the MAT file no longer results in an error when sent to TRACS.

96972

Occupancy & Compliance > MINC > Build MINC File

When a user has processed a certification for a household with a pending move-out, the correct information for the household is now included on the MINC file.

96987

System Admin > Export Setup > Add New Export

When completing the Add New Export task and selecting the export type of Tax Credit Export HUD, users can now enter a PIN number for the community in the new PIN field, and the PIN number will be included on resulting XML files.

97003

Occupancy & Compliance > Waitlist Tab > Waitlist Lottery

Users can now process waitlist lotteries with more than 5000 applicants. Previously, when the waitlist lottery included a large number of applicants, users would receive an error message and the system would be unable to assign lottery numbers to all of the applicants.

97227

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

On the Washington (WA) TIC, income is now included in the Part III. GROSS ANNUAL INCOME section when the Recerts Effective on Anniversary Day setting is on and the effective date of the TIC is not the first of the month.

97228

Household Detail > Transactions Tab

On the Arizona (AZ) TIC, income is now included in the Part III. GROSS ANNUAL INCOME section when the Recerts Effective on Anniversary Day setting is on and the effective date of the TIC is not the first of the month.

 

 

View a complete list of release notes for Property Manager 9.2.