WASHINGTON - Secretary Scott Turner announced streamlined and simplified guidance for nonpayment of rent in HUD-subsidized housing. This action eliminates a COVID-era standard, undoing burdensome and costly rules promulgated by the Biden administration that required public housing agencies (PHAs) and property owners receiving HUD funding to provide 30-day written notification for nonpayment of rent prior to eviction. With this action, HUD is restoring a clear and unified policy for PHAs and property owners receiving project-based rental assistance (PBRA) to strengthen the functioning of taxpayer-funded housing assistance programs. “Biden’s big government COVID-19 policies were issued under the assumption that bureaucrats know better than state and local leaders on how to manage their affordable housing programs, so they simply took away their ability to choose. The COVID-19 pandemic is long over, and HUD regulations will now reflect that reality.…