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Jun 2, 2019

Sexual Harassment - A Fair Housing Priority

     The federal Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are making investigations of fair housing violations in three specific are...

May 19, 2019

Federal Court Holds Tenant Screening Services Subject to the Fair Housing Act

In a landmark civil rights decision (Connecticut Fair Housing Center, et al. v. CoreLogic Rental Property Solutions, LLC, March 25, 2019), the Connecticut federal District Court established for the f...

May 18, 2019

New HUD Income Exclusion - ABLE Accounts

On May 6, 2019, HUD published Notice H-2019-06 and Notice PIH 2019-09, Treatment of ABLE Accounts in HUD-Assisted Programs. Background The Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act was signed...

May 11, 2019

Non-Profit Right of First Refusal on Section 42 Project - Relevant Court Case

Many nonprofit organizations participate in the development of Section 42 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties on the condition that the nonprofit has a right of first refusal to purchase...

May 4, 2019

Senior Housing – What the Law Requires to Exclude Families with Children from Multifamily Housing

When the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 passed, amending the Fair Housing Act, it added protections for families with children as well as for the disabled. The familial status provisions made it...

Apr 24, 2019

HUD Publishes 2019 Income Limits

On April 24, 2019, HUD published the 2019 income limits for HUD programs as well as for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Tax-Exempt Bond programs. The limits are effective on April 24, 2019. T...

Apr 20, 2019

HUD Guidance On Voluntary Conversion of Small PHA Public Housing to Section 8

            On March 21, 2019, HUD issued Notice PIH 2019-05 (HA), creating a streamlined procedure for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) with 250 ...

Apr 12, 2019

HUD Conciliation Agreement for Discrimination Based on Sex with Regard to Domestic Violence Victim - March 2019

            On March 12, 2019, HUD entered into a Conciliation Agreement with a domestic violence victim and Essex Property Trust, Inc (and othe...