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The Growing Challenge to Affordable Housing for Seniors

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A. J. Johnson
There is strong demand for affordable multi-family housing for seniors. One of the programs best suited to meet this need is the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). However, with the aging of the baby boomers, more seniors are reaching the…

Virginia Housing Looking for Compliance Staff

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A. J. Johnson
Virginia Housing (formerly Virginia Housing & Development Authority) has three positions open in Compliance & Asset Management. If interested, you may access the position descriptions at https://us63.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/VHDA. Virginia Housing (VH) is one of the premier Housing Finance Agencies in the…

Novogradac Releases Study on 2023 Income Estimates

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A. J. Johnson
Novogradac and Company, a nationally recognized accounting firm in the area of affordable housing, has released a study on potential changes in income limits for 2023. Novogradac completed the estimates using five-year American Community Survey (ACS) data. When the Department…

Apartments & Pets – To Allow or Not

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Owners of multifamily housing often struggle with whether or not to permit pets at their properties. Until recently, in some areas, it was nearly impossible to find apartment communities that permit pets. While that has begun to change,  there are…

Remote Work – Here to Stay

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A. J. Johnson
Now that the pandemic is showing signs of waning and life is beginning to return to normal, we are all eager to see if the workplace will also look like it did pre-pandemic. The answer is becoming increasingly clear –…

Treasury Announces ERA1 Reallocation for Round 2

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A. J. Johnson
The Department of Treasury has announced the Round 2 reallocations for the Emergency Rental Assistance 1 (ERA1) funds. This was a reallocation of funds that were not used by the entities to whom the funds were initially allocated. A total…

Zillow Home Sales Draw Congressional Scrutiny

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Zillow’s plans to sell a large portfolio of single-family homes to institutional investors is drawing attention from Congress. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are raising concerns that these investors will turn the homes into rental properties –…

HUD Awards $20 Million for Eviction Protection and Diversion

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A. J. Johnson
In a first-of-its-kind action, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $20 million in grants from its Eviction Protection Grant Program. These grants are being awarded to legal service providers to assist their efforts in providing legal…

Massive Pandemic Evictions Fail to Materialize

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A. J. Johnson
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, many housing experts predicted a wave of pandemic-related evictions from our nation’s apartments. There were predictions that as many as 40 million people would be put out of their homes. The wait…

Progress Still Lacking in Distribution of ERAP Funds

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A. J. Johnson
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has released findings from the organization’s latest survey of state use of funding from the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). As of late September, of the approximately $25 billion made available by…

California City Settles Claim of Discrimination Against Farmworkers

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A. J. Johnson
HUD has reached a Voluntary Compliance/Conciliation Agreement with the City of Santa Maria, CA, resolving allegations that the city’s enactment and enforcement of restrictions on housing for certain farmworker visa-holders in residential areas of the city violated the Fair Housing…

Social Security COLA – 2022

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A. J. Johnson
The federal government announced on October 13, 2021, that the Social Security Cost of Live Adjustment (COLA) for 2022 will be 5.9%, which is the largest increase since 1982 when the increase was 8.7%.  This increase will provide an additional…

Major Affordable Housing Legislation Introduced in the Senate

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A. J. Johnson
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has introduced the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, legislation to make a generational investment to house all people experiencing homelessness, tackle the housing affordability crisis, and expand homeownership opportunities for young people by…

HUD Proposes Restoring Discriminatory Effects Rule

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A. J. Johnson
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 restore the 2013 discriminatory effects rule. HUD believes that the…

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