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Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its highly anticipated Supplement to the RAD Notice (Supplement), which makes a number of changes to the current Rental Assistance...more
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed an omnibus spending package on March 9, 2022, that contains all 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. Also included is supplemental funding to support Ukraine and...more
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended the submission deadline for expedited regulatory waivers until April 1, 2022, for Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers....more
During this time of uncertainty, Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) are now operating under stressed conditions with limited resources. HUD posted a revised “COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies” on April 22, 2020,...more
Last week, HUD issued a new notice requesting letters of interest under its Moving to Work (MTW) program from PHAs with 1,001 or more total public housing and housing choice voucher (HCV) units. MTW participants are able to...more
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Office has been busy! Earlier this month, HUD published for public comment a revised Operations Notice that will govern an expanded MTW program. ...more
10/17/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Applications ,
Deadlines ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Public Housing ,
Public Housing Authorities ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Section 8
The Census Bureau, in conjunction with researchers from Harvard and Brown Universities, this week published a national “opportunity atlas” that tracks outcomes for children in adulthood based on nationwide data. ...more
10/4/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Equal Access ,
Housing Choice Vouchers ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Public Housing ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8
As indicated earlier this week, HUD is seeking comments to inform revisions to its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. We have been waiting for official publication of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)...more
8/17/2018
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) ,
Affordable Housing ,
Comment Period ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Public Housing ,
Public Policy ,
RAD Program ,
Real Estate Market ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Rental Property ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Section 8 ,
Urban Planning & Development
This week, HUD announced that it intends to amend its 2015 regulations on affirmatively furthering fair housing, or AFFH. HUD is giving the public 60 days from publication of its advance notice of proposed rulemaking to...more
This week, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) announced a settlement of a lawsuit against Travelers Indemnity Company in which it alleged that Travelers engaged in discriminatory conduct in violation of the Fair...more
3/2/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ,
Homeowner's Insurance ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Insurance Industry ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8 ,
Settlement ,
Travelers
Last week, HUD issued a notice extending until after October 31, 2020, the deadline for cities and other participating jurisdictions to submit assessments of fair housing (AFH), the new reporting and assessment tool required...more
Just in time for the end of the federal fiscal year (September 30), the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a flurry of internal and external audit reports over the last few weeks on a wide variety of topics....more
10/13/2017
/ Affordable Housing ,
Audit Reports ,
Community Development ,
FHA Loans ,
Housing Choice Vouchers ,
HUD ,
Low Income Housing ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Mortgages ,
OIG ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8
Today, the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a bulletin indicating that it is unclear if undocumented immigrants have access to certain HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs – namely the Housing...more
8/22/2017
/ Affordable Housing ,
AIDS ,
Homeless Issues ,
HUD ,
Low Income Housing ,
Low-Income Issues ,
OIG ,
Public Housing ,
Section 8 ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Vulnerable Victims
On August 9, HUD issued to Congress its 16th report on worst case housing needs in the United States, based on 2015 data. Households with “worst case needs” are those that are very low income, do not receive government...more
In a new audit report, HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned certain costs paid by a public housing authority (PHA) for travel by the PHA’s commissioners. The OIG alleges violations of uniform cost principals at...more
The new HUD administration has been pretty quiet on the regulatory front, with only a handful of regulations and notices issued since January. That may change soon. HUD is hard at work identifying regulatory changes that...more
This week, HUD issued a final rule that creates liability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) for housing providers for occurrences of “quid pro quo harassment” or “hostile environment harassment.” The new rule takes effect on...more
9/19/2016
/ Affordable Housing ,
Discrimination ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Protected Class ,
Quid Pro Quo ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
Tenants
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued a final rule that creates liability for housing providers for occurrences of "quid pro quo harassment" or "hostile environment harassment." The new rule,...more
9/16/2016
/ Affordable Housing ,
Discrimination ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Quid Pro Quo ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
Risk Management ,
Tenants ,
Third-Party Liability
A federal court in Texas recently dismissed a housing discrimination claim that was based on alleged disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the latest in a series of decisions applying landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more
9/2/2016
/ Affordable Housing ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Causation ,
Discrimination ,
Dismissals ,
Disparate Impact ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
HUD ,
LIHTC ,
Pleading Standards ,
Race Discrimination ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
Title VII
A federal court in Texas recently dismissed a housing discrimination claim that was based on alleged disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the latest in a series of decisions applying landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more
9/1/2016
/ Affordable Housing ,
Discrimination ,
Dismissals ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
LIHTC ,
Race Discrimination ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities
Last week, HUD is scheduled to publish its proposed tool for affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) for use by states and insular areas as they implement the new AFFH rule. Public comment is solicited for 60 days....more
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a proposed rule that aims to "formalize standards for use in investigations and adjudications involving alleged harassment on the basis of race, color,...more
Effective September 21, amendments to HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program – the government’s largest program for assisting low-income, elderly, and disabled populations in the private housing market – will change the...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an audit report of HUD examining the extent to which over-income families have been residing in public housing units. “Over-income” means the families were eligible low-...more
In a 5-4 decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that disparate-impact claims maintain adjudication viability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Justices Kennedy, Ginsberg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan provided the...more