Compliance
September 12, 2013
Despite some delays in implementation, a major piece of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act still requires all applicable employers, regardless of whether they offer health care coverage, to provide their current employees with a health insurance exchange notice no later than Oct. 1,...
Income Calculations
September 12, 2013
While certifying and recertifying households, you may learn that a household member owns rental property that generates income. This doesn’t necessarily mean the household doesn’t qualify for an assisted unit. But you do need to know how to treat the property when calculating the...
In the News
September 12, 2013
On Aug. 22, 2013, HUD announced it had posted Change 4 to HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1, “Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs.” This represents the first formal change to the Handbook since July 2009. Aspects of Change 4 have appeared since 2009 in the form of...
HUD Audits
September 12, 2013
In accordance with its regional plan to review public housing programs, HUD reviewed the Housing Authority of the City of Idabel, Okla.
HUD Audits
September 12, 2013
HUD audited the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program because: (1) it received more than $13.7 million in program funding in fiscal year 2012; (2) it’s the largest assisted housing agency in West Virginia; and (3) HUD had never audited its HCV...
HUD Audits
September 12, 2013
Based on a previous audit and on an anonymous complaint received by the Office of Inspector General’s hotline, HUD audited the Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority’s public housing program.
Recent Court Rulings
September 12, 2013
Facts: A resident sued the site owners for use of an allocation clause in the resident’s lease. The clause requires a resident to specifically and in writing designate his monthly payment as “rent” or “for rent” for it to be considered as such. The clause allows the...
Recent Court Rulings
September 12, 2013
Facts: A PHA terminated a resident’s tenancy after determining that she had breached its rules and regulations. In May 2011, the police executed a search warrant for the resident’s unit. The search warrant was obtained based on two incidents where an informant observed an unidentified...
Recent Court Rulings
September 12, 2013
Facts: After using her key to enter the lobby of the building, a resident was deterred by the presence of two men standing in front of the elevator. The resident testified that she didn’t “trust anybody in that building” and declined their invitation to enter the elevator. She...
The Trainer
September 12, 2013
ADOPTING A SMOKE-FREE POLICY
In this month’s feature, we discussed how to adopt a no-smoking policy at a HUD-assisted site. HUD encourages owners to do so, but you must take certain steps before implementing such a policy—and first decide whether the ban on smoking will apply site-wide...
