In the News
May 11, 2018
President Trump is looking to cut $15.4 billion out of the $1.3 trillion federal spending bill approved in March, using a process called rescission. This rescission request is expected to include funding from old accounts that was approved but hasn’t been obligated or spent, including HUD...
In the News
May 11, 2018
HUD filed an amicus brief through the U.S. Department of Justice to the Court of Appeals in the Third Circuit supporting a tenant’s position that the enhanced voucher (EV) statute requires owners to have good cause to not renew a lease. EVs are provided to tenants living in properties with...
Recent Court Rulings
May 11, 2018
Facts: A Section 8 resident lives with her severely disabled adult daughter. As a Section 8 participant, the resident receives a monthly rent subsidy, or “housing assistance payment,” the size of which varies depending on her income. The family also participates in a state social...
Recent Court Rulings
May 11, 2018
Facts: A resident sued HUD, alleging physical and economic injury resulting from deficient maintenance of her housing complex. The resident claimed that the site’s management and the local PHA didn’t respond to her complaints regarding “a broken refrigerator, water leakage and...
Feature
April 13, 2018
Correctly determining the size of each household at your site is essential because the income limits you must use to check household eligibility are organized by household size. Although determining a household’s size sounds straightforward, it’s not as simple as counting the number of...
Dealing with Households
April 13, 2018
When you hire an attorney to evict a resident from your assisted site for violating the lease, you want to have the eviction handled as quickly and efficiently as possible. But the process may be unnecessarily hindered if you fail to give the attorney all the documents and information she needs for...
In the News
April 13, 2018
In the News
April 13, 2018
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs recently issued Notice H 2018-02, providing guidance to owners of pre-1974 Section 202 Direct Loan sites serving the elderly that have the option of refinancing to make capital improvements and/or to reduce the interest rate. The notice is a...
In the News
April 13, 2018
HUD Secretary Ben Carson recently testified at a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senators from both parties questioned the Trump administration’s proposals to increase rents, decrease funding, and stall fair housing laws. And Secretary Carson faced criticisms from...
In the News
April 13, 2018
HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently awarded $43 million to 325 public housing agencies to provide permanent housing to more than 5,200 veterans experiencing homelessness. The supportive housing assistance is provided through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD...
