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The new Consumer Price Index calculations have been computed and published in the 2010 Consumer Price Index Memorandum. The memo can be downloaded from the CPI tab.

New WebEx® training is now available!  A shorter, 2-hour training with basic regulations and a demonstration of using QMIS to set rents.  E-mail the QMIS Help Desk for the next available training opportunity.

A Tenant Flyer for tenants living where new private rental market survey rates are being implemented – in 2010, that includes the western California, Hawaii and Caribbean regions.

A “To Do List” for housing managers; the upcoming rent-setting events and deadlines in the Quarters Program.

OMB Circular A-45 allows existing federal tenants a reprieve when rents increase by +25% or more in a given year. Eligible tenants pay one-fourth of the increase in March 2010; half of the increase in June; three-fourths of the increase in September; and the full increase (the full new 2010 rent) in December. These four increments are normally computed by QMIS. However, DOI's "Housing Management Handbook" (400 DM Chapter 3), revised in April 2008, also allows this accommodation when rents increase by +$100 or more per month (+$46.15 or more biweekly.) QMIS only computes the increments at the +25% level, so when rents increase by +$100 or more -- but not +25% -- housing officers will need to compute the four payroll deduction increments manually. Use this spreadsheet to do the calculations for payroll purposes.