HUD recently unveiled President Obama’s proposed HUD Budget for Fiscal Year 2017. HUD’s 2017 Budget includes $48.9 billion in gross discretionary funding and $11.3 billion in new mandatory spending over 10 years, with an emphasis on supporting 4.5 million households through rental...
Facts: In 2009 and 2010, a PHA discovered that a Section 8 resident had earned income from sources she hadn’t disclosed and investigated whether she had reported all of her income as required. In 2010, the PHA received a report that an unauthorized person was living with...
Facts: A resident with mental illness failed to pay at least some portion her January 2014 rent within the time required under her lease. Due to her late rent payment, the owner initiated eviction proceedings against her in state court and secured a judgment against her on April...
Facts: An owner sued to evict a Section 8 resident who had continued as a month-to-month resident with an expired housing assistance payment contract. The owner claimed that occupancy was terminated after it sent a statutory 30-day notice of termination that expired on June 30,...
Facts: An owner sought to evict a Section 8 resident’s daughter from the unit after the resident passed away. According to the site managers’ testimonies, the resident had been given a two-bedroom handicap-accessible unit because of her age and disabilities as well...
Last summer HUD released a final rule implementing the Fair Housing Act of 1968’s obligation for jurisdictions receiving federal funds for housing and urban development to “affirmatively further fair housing” (AFFH). The rule set in motion a data-driven effort to bolster...
On Dec. 18, President Obama signed the FY 2016 omnibus spending bill into law. The bill covered all 12 appropriations bills, including funding for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD). The Senate adopted the bill by a vote of 65-33; the House did so by a 316...
On Dec. 18, 2015, HUD and the USDA announced that communities may now apply to be designated a Promise Zone under the third and final round of competition. Promise Zones are high-poverty communities where the federal government partners with local leaders to increase economic activity, improve...
Facts: In 1999, a PHA launched a 10-year plan to update its housing. In 2000, HUD gave the PHA conditional approval for a prescribed period of five years during which time the PHA was to take certain actions to ensure it could adequately meet the needs of the disabled. The PHA...
Facts: An owner filed to evict a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) resident for failure to pay rent. The resident then filed a third-party complaint against the PHA for allegedly unlawfully terminating her HCV benefits.
Facts: In December 2013, several households filed a class action complaint seeking injunctive relief against the local PHA for failing to abate mold and excessive moisture in their units. In February 2014, the court certified a settlement class of current and future residents of...
Q A resident informed us that she now has a Medicare Part D prescription plan premium being deducted from her Social Security payments. When we go to process the interim recertification it doesn't change the rental amount. Do we still...
