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At a March 1, 2011 hearing on HUD s fiscal 2012 budget, there was bipartisan agreement on the need to preserve affordable rental housing. While discussion centered generally on budget cutting, Commi...
The Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) is requiring all 2011 low-income housing tax credit projects to provide tenant services not usually offered in affordable housing. The requirement, which is par...
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) is considering the adoption of new requirements for tax credit project market studies. The changes would include new procedures that will demand more comprehens...
HUD has recently restated its intention to punish owners and managers of HUD assisted housing who fail to adequately safeguard the personally identifiable information (PII) of applicants and tenants i...
HUD has developed a self-certification procedure enabling owners of HUD-assisted multifamily housing projects to show eligibility for the Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (...
HUD issued an updated Section 8 Fact Sheet in September 2010, but HUD noted in a TRACS conference call recently that many owners are still using the Fact Sheet from July 2007. There are differences i...
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has held that anyone who commits a prohibited act of discrimination in rental housing may be held personally liable under the Fair Housing...
According to a January 20, 2011 HUD Office of General Counsel (OGC) legal opinion, PHAs and owners of federally assisted housing may not permit disabled current or prospective tenants to grow, use, po...
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