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I have recently reviewed a draft, unpublished document dated January 17, 2018, from HUD that introduces minimum work requirements for some residents of assisted housing and raises rent for others. ...
After more than 40 years in the affordable housing business, I still occasionally get the question as to why federal rental assistance - such as Section 8 - is not counted as income. After all, it is ...
In a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on December 12, 2017, the nonprofit Equal Rights Center (a Washington, DC civil rights group), and the Washington ...
Affordable housing property managers are required to verify the income of applicants and residents in order to determine both eligibility and (for some programs) rent. The most common type of income r...
One of the most difficult type of income to determine for managers of affordable housing rental properties (e.g. Section 8 or Low-Income Housing Tax Credit [LIHTC]) is self-employment income. Based on...
The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) has updated its Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Administration for voluntary adoption by Housing Credit Agencies. The organizations fi...
In what is almost certainly the first step in elimination of the requirement that localities take proactive steps to affirmatively further fair housing, HUD is extending the deadline for submission of...
I recently published a news item on upcoming minimum wage increases across the United States. One of my clients found an error in the information for New York State and I wanted to correct the item. T...
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