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Aug 3, 2019

Winning Reasonable Accommodation Cases - Smoking Complaints

Every owner and manager of a housing development understands (or should understand) that disabled applicants and residents have the right to request that properties be modified (reasonable modificati...

Jul 29, 2019

Children in Common Areas - Fair Housing Settlement Shows Importance of Sound Policy

On July 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) approved a Conciliation Agreement between Meadow Ridge IV, LLC and ConAm Management Corp., the owner and manager of Mead...

Jul 28, 2019

Housing & the 2020 Presidential Election

            Earlier this year, three Democratic presidential candidates - Senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren - released p...

Jul 27, 2019

Winning Reasonable Accommodation Cases - Noise Complaints

Every owner and manager of a housing development understands (or should understand) that disabled applicants and residents have the right to request that properties be modified (reasonable modificati...

Jul 25, 2019

Family Members of Live-in Aides- New HUD Guidance

In the past, HUD guidance has indicated that family members of live-in aides could not reside with the aide in housing developments assisted under the HUD Multifamily Housing Division. This includes ...

Jul 20, 2019

Winning Reasonable Accommodation Cases

Every owner and manager of a housing development understands (or should understand) that disabled applicants and residents have the right to request that properties be modified (reasonable modificati...

Jul 6, 2019

IRS Chief Counsel Memorandum Takes Hard Line on LIHTC Common Area Noncompliance

An IRS Chief Counsel Memorandum issued on May 22, 2019 takes a hard line regarding the noncompliance of common area for purposes of 42 Low-Income Housing Credit. The memo was prepared by the Off...

Jun 29, 2019

Save Affordable Housing Act of 2019

On June 25, 2019, four U.S. Senators and three members of the House introduced the Save Affordable Housing Act of 2019. The sole purpose of this proposed legislation is to repeal the qualified contra...