HUD Audits
August 16, 2016
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Jefferson Metropolitan Housing Authority’s public housing program. The audit found that the PHA didn’t always comply with federal and its own procurement requirements and HUD’s requirements for the administration of its...
Recent Court Rulings
August 16, 2016
Facts: An owner served a Section 8 resident with a 30-day termination notice for various illegal activity, which constitutes a breach of the lease. According to the termination notice, on July 10, 2012, the resident’s son was arrested on charges of gang assault in the first degree, and...
Recent Court Rulings
August 16, 2016
Facts: An applicant claimed the local PHA unlawfully denied his application for housing and failed to conduct a hearing on his appeal of its administrative decision. He asked the court for an order directing that the PHA provide him with housing.
Recent Court Rulings
August 16, 2016
Facts: Since March 2005, a resident, his wife, and two children have lived in a Section 8 subsidized three-bedroom apartment. In December 2014, the local PHA notified the resident that his four-member family no longer qualified for its three-bedroom apartment, and that his failure to relocate to a...
Feature
July 26, 2016
The Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system was developed by HUD to verify income and employment information for applicants and tenants in all of the agency’s assisted housing programs. Information in EIV is derived from computer matching programs initiated by HUD with the Social Security...
Compliance
July 26, 2016
HUD’s Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system contains a number of reports used to verify employment and income of applicants and residents. HUD asks owners to use EIV to monitor compliance of existing residents. Every month, owners and agents are required to view and catalog certain...
Maintenance
July 26, 2016
On July 10, 2016, HUD released Inspector Notice No. 2016-03, which clarifies standards to all HUD Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) inspectors regarding repairs made to sites. The changes implemented in this notice are effective on Aug. 1, 2016. According to the Public and Indian Housing...
In the News
July 26, 2016
On July 14, 2016, the Senate passed H.R. 3700, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015 (HOTMA) by unanimous consent. It streamlines and reforms several federal housing assistance programs. The Senate passage of the House-passed version expedites the lawmaking process, as now H.R....
In the News
July 26, 2016
Florida Senators Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R) introduced the Housing Accountability Act of 2016 on July 14. The bill would require a survey of residents at private properties with Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts twice a year to determine the existence of persistent...
In the News
July 26, 2016
HUD and Comcast recently announced an initiative to provide broadband access to families living in HUD-assisted housing in 40 states across the nation. The effort scales up ConnectHome, a demonstration program hosted by HUD and Comcast that provides children and families living in HUD-assisted...
