HUD References

The following references from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are also included in VA MPRs, as applicable:

·   HUD engineering bulletins and materials releases that address, the use of new or unconventional construction methods. or materials that have been reviewed and considered suitable from a technical standpoint by HUD, and

·   standards and practices recommended in HUD Handbooks

-   Handbook 4140.1, Land Planning Principles for Home Mortgage Insurance

-   Handbook 4140.2, Land Planning Procedures and Data for Insurance for Home Mortgage Programs, and

-   Handbook 4140.3, Land Planning Data Sheet Handbook.

Using HUD Publications

When Using HUD Publications for VA Purposes

·   read all references to “HUD” and “HUD field office” as “VA” and “VA field station”

·   construe “insured mortgage” to mean “VA-guaranteed mortgage,” and

·   remember that, for MPR purposes, VA treats properties with up to four living units the same as properties with only one living unit.