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Updated REAC Guidance - May 23, 2016

HUD has released a document titled UPCS Guidance & Protocol Clarification. This guidance was effective on May 23, 2016, and changes some of the prior guidance inspectors followed during REAC...

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HUD Announces Housing Trust Fund Awards - May 5, 2016

On May 5, 2016, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the fiscal year 2016 Funding Awards for the Housing Trust Fund HTF). HUD had originally estimated that $120 million would b...

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Housing Discrimination Based on Religion

Discrimination Based on Religion   In this third installment in my series on the Fair Housing Act protected categories, I want to review some of the issues relevant to discrimination based ...

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HUD Publishes Section 8 Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF)

On April 3, 2016, HUD published in the Federal Register the 2016 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF). The factors are based on a formula using residential ren...

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Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements, HUD Notice H 2016-05

Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements, HUD Notice H 2016-05   On March 31, 2016, HUD published Notice H 2016-05, Revision of Tenant Participation Requirements.   This not...

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HUD Releases Final AFFH Assessment Tool

HUD Releases Final AFFH Assessment Tool   On March 23, 2016, HUD published a Notice in the Federal Register regarding the final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment tool. This t...

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HUD Issues Guidance on Criminal Record Screening

On April 4, 2016, the HUD Office of General Counsel (Helen R. Kanovsky) issued guidance on the relationship of using criminal records as a screening tool for housing decisions to federal fair housing ...

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Fair Housing Enforcement at LIHTC Properties

Fair Housing Enforcement at LIHTC Properties   A violation of fair housing law is reportable noncompliance for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties. It is reported on Line 11h o...

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