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A. J. Johnson to Present Webinar on Hoarding – A Fair Housing Challenge.

A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on August 3, 2021, on Hoarding - A Fair Housing Challenge.  The Webinar will be held from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern time. In May 2013, the American...

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A. J. Johnson to Host Live Webinar on Verifying and Determining Income for Affordable Housing Applicants and Residents.

A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on July 29, 2021, on Verifying and Determining Income for Affordable Housing Applicants and Residents.  The Webinar will be held from 1:00 PM to 3:30 P...

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Exclusion of Military Basic Allowance for Housing for LIHTC Properties

While the exclusion of the military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties in certain areas of the United States has been around for 13 years, there is...

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Child Tax Credit Excluded Income for Housing Purposes

The American Rescue Plan of 2021 (ARP) provides a monthly payment from the enhanced child tax credit and these payments are landing in family bank accounts during the week of July 12, with the first ...

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Reducing Insurance Premiums - A Key to Improving Property Cash Flow

Nationally, insurance premiums for multifamily housing make up about 4% of the total operating expenses owners face in the operation of these properties, well behind the big-ticket items like taxes (...

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HUD Proposes Restoring Discriminatory Effects Rule

On June 25, 2021, HUD announced that it will issue a proposed rule titled Restoring HUD s Discriminatory Effects Standard. The publication proposes to rescind HUD s 2020 disparate impact rule and...

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HUD Extends Effective Period for 2019 and 2020 QCTs, DDAs that Were Not on Subsequent Lists

On July 2, 2021, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register extending the period by 180 days for which certain 2019 and 2020 qualified census tracts (QCTs) and difficult development areas (DDAs) ...

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A. J. Johnson Partners with Mid-Atlantic AHMA for July Training on Affordable Housing Training

During the month of July 2021, A. J. Johnson will be partnering with the MidAtlantic Affordable Housing Management Association for three live webinars intended for real estate professionals, particul...

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