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Jul 7, 2020

Webinar on Average Income Requirements & Best Practices

A. J. Johnson will be conducting a webinar on July 14, 2020 on Requirements & Best Practices Relating to the Average Income Minimum Set-Aside for LIHTC Properties. The Webinar will be held at 1:0...

Jul 4, 2020

Illegal Steering - Recent Fair Housing Settlement Shows Feds Lack of Tolerance for the Practice

The United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) reached a Settlement Agreement with the Decatur (AL) Housing Authority on June 26 after a HUD compliance review determined that t...

Jul 1, 2020

IRS Releases Major LIHTC Program Guidance - July 1, 2020

On July 1, 2020, the IRS released an advanced copy of proposed regulations concerning low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) housing finance agency (HFA) monitoring requirements and Notice 2020-53, wh...

Jul 1, 2020

Housing Crisis Looms with End of Eviction Moratoriums

The United States is on the cusp of a housing crisis. As states begin lifting eviction moratoriums, and with the July rent coming due, millions are still suffering from the economic damage caused by ...

Jun 28, 2020

CAREs Act Eviction Protection for Housing Trust Fund Projects

A client recently asked me whether properties with money from the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) are subject to the eviction moratorium protections of the CAREs Act. This is a somewhat confusing i...

Jun 27, 2020

Pre-Termination Notice Requirements for Section 8 Properties

Many managers of HUD properties have learned the hard way that failing to give an absolutely correct notice prior to terminating a resident s lease can lead to eviction delays. If a pre-termination...

Jun 26, 2020

A COVID-19 Best Practice Reminder for Multifamily Housing

COVID-19 IS A SERIOUS RESPIRATORY ILLNESS THAT CAN SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON. It is unfortunate that months into this crisis, people still have to be reminded about how serious an illness COVID-19...

Jun 21, 2020

Smoking in Apartments - Two Recent Court Cases Illustrate Landlord Right to Permit or Prohibit Smoking

Two recent court cases have strengthened the rights of landlords to either permit smoking or to prohibit smoking in apartment communities. In Davis v. Echo Valley Condominium Association, Michigan...