Facts: An applicant filed a complaint against the Bayonne Housing Authority (BHA), claiming that it unlawfully discriminated against him on the basis of his disabilities when, upon his request for a Section 8 housing voucher, it didn't put him at the top of the applicant list.
HUD is making approximately $5 million available to make emergency capital repairs to eligible multifamily sites owned by private nonprofit entities that are designated for occupancy by elderly residents. The capital repair needs must relate to items that present an immediate threat to the...
You not only have the right to keep trespassers off your property, you have a responsibility to do so as well. Unfortunately, many site managers are reluctant to speak to a trespasser because they don't have the skills for effective communication or don't know how to interact with...
HUD is making $25 million in grants available to help rural and tribal communities struggling to address distressed housing conditions and concentrated poverty. The agency's new Rural Innovation Fund will promote an “entrepreneurial approach” to affordable housing and economic...
HUD has issued an updated version of Chapter 38 of its Handbook 4350.1, Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing. Chapter 38 is entitled, “Emergency/Disaster Guidance—Office of Multifamily Housing Programs.”
The revised chapter assembles guidance HUD issued in...
Facts: An Hispanic employee of the Housing and Community Service Agency of Lane County, Oregon, which provides housing and services for moderate- to low-income Oregon residents, was disturbed by her coworkers’ attitude toward minorities.
To clarify some confusion, HUD issued a notice [PIH-2010-38(HA)] specifying how the income from temporary employment with the U.S. Census Bureau should be handled.
Income payments that are considered temporary—for employment lasting no longer than 180 days and not culminating in...
Facts: The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) charged a resident with chronic rent delinquency. At a hearing, the assistant site manager testified that the resident had not paid rent for almost two years.
The resident testified that NYCHA “listed” her as a “...
Facts: A Minnesota resident received Section 8 housing assistance and additional benefits for a live-in aide, who also owned the unit in which they resided. On the application for assistance, the resident identified the live-in aide as a household member, but didn't disclose that she...
Facts: The owners of multifamily housing sites sued the Maine Housing Authority for failing to automatically increase their Section 8 rental subsidies on an annual basis pursuant to their housing assistance payments (HAP) contracts. The housing authority asked the court to dismiss the...
Victims of domestic violence who live in HUD-supported housing should not be evicted just because they were victimized, according to strengthened regulations recently announced by HUD. And current or former victims of domestic violence must not be turned down from HUD programs.
Facts: Two married African-American residents, including a husband with a disability, claimed that the Section 8 unit in which they live failed to meet housing standards and that the Housing Authority of South Bend (HASB) didn't remedy the conditions they complained about.
