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VAWA Deadline Reminders

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VAWA Deadline Reminders   As I noted in a prior client memo, HUD has released four Model forms for use on HUD properties to ensure compliance with requirements of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). These model forms are Appendix…

HUD Final Rule on VAWA – November 16, 2016

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A. J. Johnson
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) final rule regarding the implementation of housing protections authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA) was published in the Federal Register on November 16, 2016.   In…

Assistance to Non-Citizens in the Section 8 Program

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A. J. Johnson
Assistance to Non-Citizens in the Section 8 Program   Section 214 of the Housing & Community Development Act of 1980 prohibited HUD from providing housing assistance to aliens unless they meet certain residency requirements.   In 1996, Congress amended Section…

Compliance with HUD Live-in Aide Rules

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A. J. Johnson
Compliance with HUD Live-in Aide Rules   Allowing a Live-in Aide for a disabled person is both a HUD and fair housing requirement.   The definition of a live-in aide is a person who resides with one or more elderly…

HUD Proposed Rule – Lead Based Paint Hazards

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A. J. Johnson
HUD published a proposed rule in the September 1, 2016 Federal Register titled “Requirements for Notification, Evaluation, & Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally Owned Residential Property & Housing Receiving Federal Assistance; Response to Elevated Blood Levels.”   The…

Family Self Sufficiency Program for Multifamily Housing

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A. J. Johnson
HUD issued Notice H-2016-08 on August 26, 2016. This Notice relates to the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program in Multifamily Housing. FSS is a HUD program that provides incentives and support to families in MF assisted housing to increase their…

HUD Updates Two Forms – 92006 and 9834

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A. J. Johnson
HUD has recently updated two forms that are required for properties with HUD assistance, the HUD Form 92006 and Form 9834.   The Form 92006 – Supplement to Application for Federally Assisted Housing contains an updated expiration date of February…

Updated REAC Guidance – May 23, 2016

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A. J. Johnson
HUD has released a document titled “UPCS Guidance & Protocol Clarification.” This guidance was effective on May 23, 2016, and changes some of the prior guidance inspectors followed during REAC inspections. Primary changes/clarifications are as follows: HUD has clarified that…

HUD Publishes Section 8 Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF)

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A. J. Johnson
On April 3, 2016, HUD published in the Federal Register the 2016 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF). The factors are based on a formula using residential rent and utility cost changes from the most recent…

Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements, HUD Notice H 2016-05

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A. J. Johnson
Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements, HUD Notice H 2016-05   On March 31, 2016, HUD published Notice H 2016-05, Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements.   This notice restates requirements originally issued in Notice H 2014-12 and revises penalties for non-compliance.…

HUD Publishes 2016 Income Limits

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A. J. Johnson
On March 28, 2016, HUD published the 2016 income limits for HUD programs as well as for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Tax-Exempt Bond programs. The limits for the LIHTC and Bond projects are published separately from the limits…

HUD Funding Demonstration Program for Housing for the Elderly

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A. J. Johnson
The Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) recently announced the availability of funding of approximately $15 million under the Department’s Supportive Services Demonstration for Elderly Households in HUD-Assisted Multifamily Housing. Funds obtained under this Notice must be used to…

HUD Changes REAC Protocol Regarding Units with Bedbugs

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A. J. Johnson
On January 21, 2016, HUD issued Inspector Notice No. 2016-01, “UPCS Inspector Protocol Bed Bug Infestation.”   The Notice was effective on February 1, 2016, and applies to all properties that are subject to UPCS physical inspections. In states that…

2016 HUD Imputed Interest Rate

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A. J. Johnson
HUD published Notice 2016-01 on January 19, 2016, announcing that the passbook savings rate effective February 1, 2016, will remain at .06%. The notice applies to all Project-Based Section 8 programs, Section 101 Rent Supplement Program, Section 202 Programs, Section…

Rent to Own vs. Seller Financing

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A. J. Johnson
The Difference Between “Seller Financing” and “Rent-to-Own”   Chapter Five of HUD Handbook 4350.3, Chg. 4 outlines various requirements relative to the determination of value and income for assets. One of the more unusual assets managers of affordable housing developments…

Short Term Rental Fees for Vouchers

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A. J. Johnson
In Velez v. Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, 2015 U.S. App. Lexis 13265 (6th Cir. July 30, 2015), an appeals court ruled that fees for short-term rentals are considered rent and must be paid as part of the rent under the…

No Increase in 2016 Social Security Rates

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A. J. Johnson
The federal government announced today that the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2016 will be zero. This means that there will be no change in the Social Security income of SS recipients for the upcoming year. Owners…

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