In this issue we reported that HUD recently launched a special campaign and training initiative to help protect people from harassment by landlords, property managers, and maintenance workers in HUD-assisted housing. The “Call HUD:...
Avoiding Discrimination Complaints When Dealing with Environmental Concerns
In this month’s feature, we explained how, if you’re not careful when dealing with environmental concerns like mold, lead paint, and bedbugs, you could trigger fair housing complaints from residents...
Preventing and Dealing with Sexual Harassment of Residents
In this month’s feature, we gave you seven rules for preventing and dealing with sexual harassment of residents. If you or a member of your staff sexually harasses someone, you’re discriminating against that...
In this month’s feature, we discussed whom you must count—and whom you mustn’t count—as members of your assisted households. Correctly determining the size of each household at your site is essential because the...
Setting House Rules on Extended Absences and Abandonment
In this month’s feature, we discussed how to deal with households that seem to disappear for weeks at a time, or who seem to have abandoned their unit. When a unit is left unattended, health and safety hazards such as...
Understanding Owners & Residents’ Rights & Responsibilities
In this month’s feature, we discussed the new Resident Rights and Responsibilities brochure HUD posted on its website last July. This brochure, which tells households about their rights and responsibilities...
In this month’s feature, we gave you eight rules to follow to avoid making common mistakes when handling security deposits. HUD imposes strict requirements on how you collect and maintain security deposits. When HUD auditors visit your site,...
Avoiding Fair Housing Problems When Applicants and Residents Use Wheelchairs
In this month’s feature, we gave you seven rules to follow to avoid fair housing problems when dealing with wheelchair-bound applicants and residents. If you refuse to rent a unit to an applicant because...
In this month’s feature, we discussed HUD’s rules for calculating household income from irregular employment or “gig economy” jobs. Applicants or residents who earn money through these gig companies can make varying...
Charging Site Account for Frontline Retirement Plan Costs
In this month’s feature, we discussed how HUD lets you charge to your site’s operating account your contributions to retirement plans for frontline employees, as well as related administrative costs. But if your plan...
Determining Eligibility of Remaining Household Members
In this month’s feature, we discussed HUD’s rules for determining who can stay at an assisted site after the original qualifying household member dies or moves out of the unit. Whether the remaining member can stay...
