On July 23, HUD issued a new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice final rule, which repeals the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule and the 1994 Analysis of Impediments requirements. This move is a return to HUD’s pre-1994 understanding of the 1968 Fair...
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign recently released the policy recommendations reached by its joint task forces with supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders. The idea of joint task forces was born out of Biden and Sanders’ pledges to unite the...
HUD continues to encourage owners of multifamily properties to work with tenants who have lost jobs and income due to the COVID-19 pandemic to help them stay stably housed. HUD recently issued a brochure entitled,...
HUD recently posted a new report, Worst Case Housing Needs: 2019 Report to Congress. This report is the 17th in a longstanding series providing national data and analysis of critical housing problems facing very low-income renting families. “Worst case housing needs” households are...
The HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report evaluating HUD’s use of agency-wide telework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. HUD deployed mandatory telework for its employees nationwide as part of an evacuation order on March 20, 2020. Access to all HUD offices...
In May, a smokers’ rights organization filed an appeal in the latest in a line of court decisions rejecting constitutional challenges to HUD’s regulation banning smoking in public housing.
HUD’s Smoke-Free Rule bans the use of all lit tobacco products, including...
On June 5, HUD released Housing Notice 2020-06, Exclusion from Annual Income of Temporary Employment from the U.S. Census Bureau. With this notice, HUD intends to remind owners and managing agents that, pursuant to Section 24 CFR §5.609(c)(9), tenants who receive Section 8 benefits are to...
House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Representative Denny Heck (D-WA) recently announced the introduction of the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020, which would create a $100 billion emergency rental assistance fund to ensure that lower-...
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) recently released a fact sheet, “Preventing and Addressing Harassment in Housing for Property Owners and Managers.” The document primarily focuses on sexual harassment, but also includes information on harassment based...
HUD recently announced the allocation of $380 million in supplemental administrative fee funding to all public housing authorities (PHA), including Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs. The two months of additional funding may be used for traditional administrative fees as well as for new costs related to...
HUD recently announced it’s issuing new mortgage payment relief guidance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for borrowers with multifamily mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or borrowers participating in other HUD Multifamily...
On March 27, 2020, the president signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) into law. The law includes important, immediate protections for tenants. Specifically, it mandates a 120-day eviction moratorium for tenants living in certain types of properties. The...
