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Social Security Benefits Verification Now Available Online

Social Security recipients can now get their benefits verification letter and conduct other business online, as part of enhanced Web services introduced on January 7, 2013 by the federal government. ...

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Section 45L Energy Tax Credit

Section 45L Energy Tax Credit   When Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, it extended the Section 45L tax credit, which provides eligible contractors of homes -including ap...

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Treatment of Basic Housing Allowance for purposes of Income Eligibility Rules

Treatment of Basic Housing Allowance for purposes of Income Eligibility Rules   The Tax Act Passed last night once again excludes the military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) (37 U.S.C sec. 4...

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Ten States Increase Minimum Wage

Ten States Increase Minimum Wage Happy New Year! For workers in ten states, the new year will bring an increase in minimum wages. Nine of the ten states already had minimum wage levels higher than t...

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Rural Designation at Risk for Some Areas

Some Areas May Lose Rural Designation   Approximately 55 areas around the country with MTSP income limits lower than the National Non-Metropolitan Income (NNMI) limits are in danger of losing t...

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Timing of Income Eligibility Determinations on HUD Properties with Revised Income Limits

HUD has published Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project Listserv #293 clarifying the HUD policy regarding timing of applicant eligibility determinations on HUD properties when income limits cha...

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Secondhand Smoking Study in Apartments Issued by CDC

If you are in the process of transitioning your apartment complexes to non-smoking - or, if you are already doing so - you may be interested in the findings of a recent study by the Center for Disease...

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Proposed Sandy Relief Legislation Includes Additional Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

On December 10, 2012, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced legislation to give tax relief to victims of Superstorm Sandy. The provisions apply to victims of Sandy, as ...

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