Facts: Two rental apartment companies sued the Borough of Magnolia, N.J., to stop the Borough from enforcing its property rental ordinances in a manner that infringed on their rights under the Fair Housing Act.
In 2007, the Borough enacted Ordinance 11A, entitled “An...
Facts: Intending to sell its property, a Washington, D.C., owner stopped participating in the project-based Section 8 program after its HAP contract with HUD expired in 2004. Residents of the site received enhanced vouchers to remain in their units, but when they began offering these...
QA resident has been living in our Section 8 building for over 20 years. She now wants to claim her son as her live-in aide. Can she do this? What do I need to do?
QI know a mutual fund is an asset, but should I treat it the way I treat a current savings account or the way I treat a checking account, using a six-month average balance?
On Feb. 11, 2009, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that the Department will extend the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), which had been set to expire on Feb. 28, 2009. HUD and FEMA will provide additional assistance as needed until Aug. 31, 2009, to people displaced by Hurricanes...
According to an analysis of Census data by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the proportion of renters among U.S. households has increased steadily in recent months.
In the fourth quarter of 2008, there were an estimated 632,000 more renter households in the U.S. than during the...
HUD considers unemployment compensation to be income, so be sure to include it in your income calculations when certifying and recertifying residents. Even if a resident doesn't know how long he'll be out of work and collecting benefits, according to Handbook 4350.3, an owner must...
Facts: Five fair housing organizations sued the builders and owners of 82 multifamily apartment complexes, alleging that the builders constructed the complexes in a manner that denied access to disabled persons, in violation of the Fair Housing Amendments Act. The builders and owners...
QSuppose an incoming resident wants to sign a lease for a unit at our site beginning March 1, and the prior site is moving the resident out on February 29. But the incoming resident wants “to sign in” at our site on February 26 to take...
A 2008 HUD report to Congress on intergenerational housing needs found that about 50 percent of very low-income, grandparent-headed, renter households paid more than half their income...
A recent report by the Center on Policy and Budget Priorities (CPBP) claims that reforming public housing is less costly than increasing the number of rental assistance vouchers....
