Recent Court Rulings
August 14, 2018
Facts: In May 2014, a Section 8 resident and her three children moved into an apartment. In March 2016, after one child turned 18, he moved out of the apartment. In April 2017, the child repeatedly parked the resident’s car in other tenants’ parking spaces. The resident was notified...
Recent Court Rulings
August 14, 2018
Facts: The lease of a HUD-subsidized resident states that each year he must recertify that he’s eligible to receive the rent subsidy. In early January 2017, the owner sent a reminder about the annual recertification and asked the resident to schedule an appointment on one of six...
HUD Audits
August 14, 2018
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the financial operations of the Pell City Housing Authority. The PHA administers 78 low-rent public housing units in Pell City, Ala. Its mission is to provide decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing and related services to the qualified...
HUD Audits
August 14, 2018
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The audit objective was to determine whether the PHA administered its program units in accordance with HUD’s and its own requirements.
Feature
July 19, 2018
Every manager’s worst nightmare is a violent crime against a resident at his assisted housing site. And compounding the tragedy of the crime is the risk of liability. You could be held liable for the crime if you knew your residents were at risk of that type of crime. In legal terms, the...
Income Calculations
July 19, 2018
According to recently issued RHIIP ListServ Posting #411, HUD has been advised that a number of owners/agents are encountering old or missing data when attempting to view EIV reports for some or all of their sites. If you’re encountering these issues, for compliance monitoring purposes,...
Compliance
July 19, 2018
In 2012, as part of the FY 2012 HUD Appropriations Act, Congress authorized the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) to help preserve and improve low-income housing. Administered by HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, RAD allows public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of private...
In the News
July 19, 2018
The House of Representatives recently passed the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018. It aims to help more Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) households move to communities of their choice, such as communities with high-performing schools, safe neighborhoods, and jobs. The...
In the News
July 19, 2018
HUD recently issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for its Housing Counseling Grant program for fiscal year (FY) 2018. All HUD-approved counseling entities, including state HFAs, are eligible to apply.
HUD expects to award $47 million in housing counseling grants to around 300 different...
In the News
July 19, 2018
HUD Secretary Ben Carson was recently in Sarasota, Fla., to join the Sarasota Housing Authority and local police for their annual book distribution event. HUD partners with local housing authorities, the National Book Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the Urban Libraries Council, and...
