A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on November 12, 2020, on The Onsite Management Requirements of the HOME Program. The Webinar will be held from 9 AM to 3:30 PM Eastern time. This s...
11/02/2020
On October 30, the IRS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register. This Notice concerns the LIHTC Average Income Test and outlines the current intention of the IRS with regard ...
11/01/2020
On October 1, 2020, Congressmen Lou Correa (D-CA) and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Online Accessibility Act (H.R. 8478) which would create guidance to help businesses ensure their websit...
10/31/2020
In the process of reviewing thousands of tenant files annually, we are seeing rapid growth in Venmo and PayPal transactions on bank accounts. We often receive questions from property managers regardi...
10/28/2020
On October 14, HUD issued updated guidance on COVID-19 as it relates to HUD-assisted properties. Following is some of the new guidance issued by HUD. On-Site COVID Testing HUD will permit the t...
10/25/2020
In Ability Center v. Moline Builders, Ohio, August 2020, a court granted partial judgment to fair housing advocates in a lawsuit against multiple entities and individuals based on the design and cons...
10/24/2020
A recently published study by NDP Analytics, funded in part by the National Leased Housing Association, outlines the dramatic impact that COVID- 19 has had and will continue to have on affordable...
10/17/2020
A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on October 27, 2020, on Meeting IRS Requirements for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. The Webinar will be held from 9 AM to 3:30 PM Eastern time....
10/17/2020
The federal government announced on October 13, 2020, that the Social Security Cost of Live Adjustment (COLA) for 2021 will be 1.3%. This increase will provide an additional $20 per month for the av...
10/13/2020
The Social Security Administration is scheduled to release the 2021 Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Social Security tomorrow (October 13, 2020). Operators of affordable housing properties should be on ...
10/12/2020
On September 9, 2020, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) charged the owners and managers of an apartment community in Cheyenne, Wyoming with violation of the familial status prov...
10/11/2020
A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on October 21, 2020, on Understanding the Basic Management Requirements of the Tax-Exempt Bond Program. The Webinar will be held from 1 PM to 4 PM Eastern....
10/11/2020
A recent New York court case has affirmed that a non-profit s Right of First Refusal ( ROFR ) is not an option to purchase a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) property. The Case Riseboro Co...
10/05/2020
With the aging of the U.S. population, the number of older adults living if affordable housing is growing and the average age of residents is increasing. Assisting residents to age in place safely is...
09/27/2020
A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on October 7, 2020, on Interviewing Skills for Affordable Housing Managers. The Webinar will be held from 1 PM to 4 PM Eastern. One of the most importan...
09/27/2020
A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on October 6, 2020, on Critical Policies for Affordable Housing Developments. The Webinar will be held from 10 AM to 3 PM Eastern. As important as it is ...
09/25/2020
A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on October 8, 2020, on The Management of Rural Development Section 515 Properties. The Webinar will be held from 9 AM to 3 PM Eastern. This full-day cour...
09/21/2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced on July 28, 2020, that the owners, developers, and builders of 82 multi-family housing complexes have...
09/20/2020
On September 4, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an Agency Order for a Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19. This orde...
09/06/2020
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 created the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime (CPAR). This created a new process for amending or making changes to certain federal partnership tax returns for eff...
09/05/2020
A recently decided Indiana case once again makes it clear that landlords have the right to request certain information to determine that an accommodation request for a disabled person is both reasona...
08/30/2020