A study from Arizona State University, Affordable Housing and Walkable Neighborhoods: A National Urban Analysis, shows that 23 percent of all renter-occupied housing in the United States is located in neighborhoods with walkable access to services and amenities...
Q: HUD won’t approve withdrawals from the residual receipts account for making mortgage payments when a mortgage default has occurred or is about to occur. True or false?
The Public Housing Authorities Directors Association, a group representing housing authorities across the country, recently sent a letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro and members of Congress stating that a report highlighting “over-income...
At HUD’s recent 2015 Fair Housing Policy Conference, HUD Secretary Julian Castro highlighted some of the progress made since the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 and the pro-active steps taken to promote greater housing choices for all...
HUD recently published the final rule amending the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) portability regulations. The purpose of the amendments is to clarify existing requirements, streamline the portability process for public housing agencies (PHAs), and...
HUD recently released a proposed rule revising its previous participation reviews of prospective program participants seeking to take part in multifamily housing and healthcare programs administered by HUD’s Office of Housing. The proposed...
HUD recently issued Notice PIH-2015-12 to help public housing agencies understand the Community Service and Self-Sufficiency Requirement (CSSR) for public housing residents so that PHAs can more effectively administer the requirement. This notice...
HUD recently announced Wave 4 of the Multifamily for Tomorrow Transformation. This initiative is designed to streamline HUD’s Multifamily field structure into a five-region model with five Regional Centers and seven Regional Satellite Offices...
To help prevent victims of domestic violence living with HIV/AIDS from falling into homelessness, HUD is making more than $9 million available to state and local governments and nonprofits through the VAWA/HOPWA Project Demonstration–a...
If you manage a site with unusual long-term management problems or extra administrative burdens, you may be able to get an “add-on fee” from HUD. Add-ons are additions to management fees, designed to give incentives and compensation to managing agents who can show that site...
HUD recently released an analysis that shows funding levels each participating jurisdiction will receive from the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program under the Senate Committee on Appropriations’ proposed allocation. The Senate...
HUD recently released the final rule implementing the Fair Housing Act of 1968’s obligation for jurisdictions receiving federal funds for housing and urban development to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). The Fair Housing Act not only...
