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Apply for New Weatherization Assistance for Multifamily Housing

August 23, 2009    

It is now a lot easier for you and your residents to get federal aid to make units energy-efficient. The economic recovery program enacted earlier this year provided a substantial increase in funding for the residential Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). In addition, the U.S. Department of...

Comply with HUD Rules on Lead-Based Paint

July 26, 2009    

Unless it has been removed by a professional lead abatement contractor or during normal renovation or painting, most housing that was built before 1978 has some painted surfaces with layers of old lead-based paint underneath. Because exposure to even small amounts of lead can be permanently...

How to Respond to Bedbug Infestation at Your Site

May 24, 2009    

For the first time since the 1940s, bedbugs in the past five years have become a serious problem for housing providers across the United States and Canada.

The costs of dealing with a bedbug problem can easily overwhelm a site's annual budget for pest control. Bedbug control expert...