Recent Court Rulings
January 13, 2017
Facts: The family of a 16-year-old boy sued a site owner over the shooting death of the boy outside of his cousin’s apartment. According to an affidavit of the property manager, the boy was shot by a visitor of a resident. Another resident testified that the shooter had been staying at his...
The Trainer
January 13, 2017
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 doesn’...
Feature
December 13, 2016
Your site’s Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract may be administered by a contract administrator other than your HUD field office. In these cases, where HUD isn’t the contract administrator, the HUD field office is responsible for monitoring the contract administrator to...
Dealing with Households
December 13, 2016
Even if you have a solid fair housing policy, train your employees well, and apply your policies consistently, misunderstandings and mistakes can occur. Despite your best efforts, a resident may complain to you that you’ve treated him unfairly in violation of fair housing laws. The grievance...
In the News
December 13, 2016
President-elect Trump recently announced that he’ll nominate Dr. Ben Carson as the new secretary of HUD. As HUD secretary, Carson would oversee a budget of nearly $50 billion that provides rental assistance for more than 5 million households.
In the News
December 13, 2016
President-elect Trump will have an opportunity to reverse a number of the Obama administration’s regulatory rules through a rarely used law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The CRA was passed as part of the Contract With America Advancement Act by Congress in 1996 when Newt Gingrich...
In the News
December 13, 2016
HUD recently released the final rule requiring public housing agencies (PHAs) to implement a smoke-free policy. Specifically, no later than 18 months from the effective date of the rule, each PHA must implement a “smoke-free” policy banning the use of prohibited tobacco products in all...
In the News
December 13, 2016
HUD published a notice in the Federal Register seeking comment on how HUD proposes to implement the new public housing income limit provision of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA).
In the News
December 13, 2016
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) recently issued Notice PIH 2016-18 providing guidance regarding the ability of small public housing agencies to use capital funds and operating resources in a flexible manner for any activities eligible under the capital fund program and...
In the News
December 13, 2016
HUD recently published in the Federal Register a final rule regarding the use of Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMR) in certain metropolitan areas, and replacing HUD’s existing 50th percentile fair market rent (FMR) policy for the Housing Choice Voucher program. The rule also provides...
