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HUD Publishes Notice on Implementation of Public Housing Income Limit

The Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) published a notice in the July 26, 2018 Federal Register implementing a statutory requirement from the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization...

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ADA Service Animal Guidance May be Instructive for Housing Providers

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that state and local government agencies and non-profits that provide goods or services to the public make reasonable modifications in policies...

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Opportunity Zones Present New Development Opportunities

The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 created something called Opportunity Zones. This is a brand new section of the federal tax code. An Opportunity Zone or OZ is an economically-distressed...

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Website Accessibility

In recent years, there has been a spate of litigation relating to website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA provides that no person shall be discriminated against ...

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States Begin Issuing Average Income Set-Aside Guidance

A number of states have now begun to issue guidance regarding the implementation of the Average-Income minimum set-aside test, which was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriation...

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Owner-Adopted Preferences in the RAD Program

On June 29, 2018, HUD published a list of allowable owner-adopted preferences for RAD properties, including direction for owners wanting to establish an owner-adopted elderly preference. The guidance ...

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Administration Proposing Significant Government Reorganization - Impact on Housing Programs

The administration recently released Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century: Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendation. This series of recommendations would reorganize how the federal...

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NCSHA Letter to the IRS Regarding Average Income Minimum Set-Aside

On June 13, 2018, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) outlining issues that Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) will face with regard...

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