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One of the requirements of the HUD Final Rule on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is that a copy of the Notice of Occupancy Rights, form HUD-5380, must be provided to applicants and residents. Th...
A recent court case (Fair Housing Center of Washington v. Breier-Scheetz Properties, LLC, May 2017) found that a Washington community s rule limiting studio apartments to one occupant violated fair ...
I recently came across a situation where an owner of a multifamily property had a policy of requiring that all applicants be able to communicate in English in order to apply for occupancy at the prope...
With all the natural disasters that have occurred recently (Harvey, Irma, Maria), it is worthwhile to review IRS guidance relative to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties located in affected areas...
On September 27, 2017, the Trump Administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Finance Committee released Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code. This nine-page...
On September 5, 2017, the Rural Housing Service published a Notice of Solicitation for Multifamily Preservation and Revitalization (MPR) Demonstration Program for Section 514, 515, and 516 Rural Prope...
Owners of properties that accept applicants who use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) need to carefully review the Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract and Voucher Lease Addendum for language relati...
On August 1, 2017, HUD released an updated form HUD-5382, Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking and Alternate Documentation. The purpose of this form is to pr...
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