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Jul 3, 2018

Owner-Adopted Preferences in the RAD Program

On June 29, 2018, HUD published a list of allowable owner-adopted preferences for RAD properties, including direction for owners wanting to establish an owner-adopted elderly preference. The guidance ...

Jul 2, 2018

Administration Proposing Significant Government Reorganization - Impact on Housing Programs

The administration recently released Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century: Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendation. This series of recommendations would reorganize how the federal...

Jun 23, 2018

NCSHA Letter to the IRS Regarding Average Income Minimum Set-Aside

On June 13, 2018, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) outlining issues that Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) will face with regard...

Jun 18, 2018

Emotional Support Animals - How "Necessary" Are They?

Every apartment manager is familiar with "Emotional Support Animals," or "ESAs." I would venture to say there are very few multi-family communities in existence today that don t have at least one re...

Jun 1, 2018

IRS Releases Revised Form 8609 with Income Average Election

On May 31, 2018, the IRS released a revised Form 8609 adding a third minimum set-aside election - "Average Income". The release did not include revised or updated Instructions for completion of the fo...

May 29, 2018

The State of Fair Housing - 2018

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has published "Making Every Neighborhood a Place of Opportunity," a report on the condition of fair housing in the United States in 2018. As much as anything ...

May 24, 2018

HUD Publishes 2018 HOME Rent and Income Limits

HUD has now published the 2018 income and rent limits for the HOME program. These limits are effective beginning June 1, 2018, and HOME grantees may not use the new rent and income limits until the ef...

May 1, 2018

HUD Proposed Legislation on Assisted Rents and Other Issues

On April 25, 2018, HUD sent a legislative proposal to Congress titled, "Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018." The proposed legislation contains seven sections that, if passed into law by Congre...