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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing - HUD Final Rule

On July 8, 2015, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) issued a final rule on the procedures that must be followed by localities with regard to affirmatively furthering fair housing....

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RAD - Revised Program Notice PIH-2012-32, REV-2

On June 26, 2015, HUD published a Notice in the Federal Register revising some of the rules of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program. HUD s original notice on the program was published o...

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HUD Guidance on First Amendment Conflict with Fair Housing

HUD Guidance on First Amendment Conflict with Fair Housing   The Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) published Notice FHEA-2015-01 on May 26, 2015. The title of the Notice is Su...

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HUD Notice H-2015-04, Methodology for Completing a Multifamily Housing Utillity Allowance

On June 22, 2015, HUD issued Notice H-2015-04, Methodology for Completing a Multifamily Housing Utility Analysis. The Notice provides instructions to owners and management agents for completing the ut...

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Supreme Court Decision on Disparate Impact, June 25, 2015

Supreme Court Rules on Disparate Impact   On June 25, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Comm...

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Revision to RD Section 538 Guaranteed Loan Program Replacement Reserve Requirements

The Rural Housing Service published a Notice in the Federal Register on June 18, 2015, amending its regulation to change the requirements of the reserve account for direct Multifamily Housing (MFH) lo...

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Nonprofit Material Participation Requirements

Section 42 (h) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code requires that Housing Finance Agencies set aside at least ten percent of their annual allocation for use by non-profit entities. This non-profit pool...

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RHS and HUD Merger Potential

During a recent hearing before a House Financial Services panel, a representative of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Chair Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) a...

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