Council 222 is primarily responsible for negotiating over proposed changes in working conditions that impact employees nationwide. Thus, we bargain over implementation of new technology, reorganizations and realignments, reasonable accommodation and hardship transfer policies, and more. This page includes notices from management of proposed changes, and the Council's bargaining proposals. Until the parties meet at the bargaining table, the Council's proposals may be added to and amended. Look here to keep track of the latest proposed changes at HUD. If issues are important to you, give your suggestions to your local President.

Current bargaining

Bargaining items are listed on pages by the year the bargaining was completed. The Supplements that pertain to the items are listed on the page with them and on a separate Contract Supplements page.

Alphabetical list of all bargaining from 2002 thru 2021

Completed Bargaining By Year: 2019-2021 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2002-03
Contract Supplements Page for our current Contract (blue) | Current Contract | Current contract page with Articles Broken Out
Contract Supplements for 1998 Contract (yellow) | Previous Contract (1998-Yellow)

eVMS - Public Housing Management System

- - Union Demand to Bargain(12.01.22)
- - Article 5 sent via email to Council reps (11.16.22)

FHA Resource Center Modernization Project (Phase 1)

Supplement 37 (10.05.22)
- - -Article 49 was sent to Union July 8, 2021

Flexiplace, Amended Telework and Amended Space Management

Council 222 completed their negotiations April 11, 2022. You can find Supplements 33, 34 and 35 on our Contract Supplements Page.

- - - Union Request for Info (01.26.22)

Flexiplace, Amended Telework and Amended Return to Work Plan

Council 222 has been negotiating for over two months on COVID and return to work issues. Benefits to bargaining unit include:
1) Employees working under Max Telework will not be required to return to offices during the winter COVID-19 surge;
2) The earliest mgmt may order bargaining unit employees to return to offices will be March 14, 2022, provided they have given employees 30 day notice;
3) Once Max Telework ends HUD will assess local COVID-19 transmission rates. Agreement includes guidelines for authorizing full-time telework when transmission rates are at substantial or high levels. The agreement also provides a framework for mgmt and the Union to continue working together to negotiate pandemic-related issues, including implementation of the vaccines mandate, a new Flexiplace (remote work/full-time telework) policy, and safety elements related to return to offices.
Negotiating Team:
Chief Negotiator: Council Steward Ricardo Miranda
Regional Vice President Sajid Shahriar
Council Steward Jerry Gross
Council 222 President Sal Viola
- - Supplement 32(May) (05.25.22)
- - Supplement 32 (02.07.22)
- - Interim Agreement (01.15.2022)

IREMS Robotics Process Automation Tool (RPA)

iREMS Property Assignment Bot: is an automated robotics process to assist field operations personnel in assigning properties to staff within iREMS. Currently, making property assignments in iREMS is cumbersome, as multiple steps are required for each individual change, and many dozens of changes can be required when there are staffing changes. In the new process, staff may use a simple spreadsheet to identify needed changes, and the bot will click through all the changes in iREMS automatically. This will save a substantial amount of time for operations staff. The deployment of this tool will not impact the decision-making or management of property assignments to individual staff. It only improves the process through which property assignments are executed in iREMS.
- - Supplement 36 (05.05.22)
- - Article 49 Notice (04.06.22)

Office of Chief Financial Officer (Ft Worth, TX and Washington DC Offices), Reassignment of Affected Employees to new Position and Divisions, Establishment of Financial Data Reporting and Analysis Division
- - Supplement 39 (12.05.22)
- - Union Demand To Bargain (11.23.22)
- - Article 5 (sent to 222 via email) (11.07.22)

Zscaler Virtual Private Network (VPN) Implementation
- - Supplement 38(11.28.22)