The 2024 Federal Fiscal Year (FFY2024) begins on October 1, 2023, and as of the writing of this Alert, Congress has not passed and the President has not signed a bill to provide funding for FFY2024. As a result, federal...more
9/29/2023
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Federal Funding ,
Fiscal Year ,
Government Shutdown ,
HUD ,
Low Income Housing ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Public Housing ,
Public Housing Authorities ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Rental Assistance Demonstration ,
Rental Assistance Programs
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its highly anticipated Supplement to the RAD Notice (Supplement), which makes a number of changes to the current Rental Assistance...more
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate the previous week. The package includes all 12 full-year funding...more
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed an omnibus spending package on March 9, 2022, that contains all 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. Also included is supplemental funding to support Ukraine and...more
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended the submission deadline for expedited regulatory waivers until April 1, 2022, for Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers....more
The eviction moratorium set last September amidst the coronavirus pandemic expired July 31. Tenant nonpayment of residential rents has been an ongoing issue throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and could result in over 3.6...more
On May 21, 2021, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) announced that it had reached a settlement with California-based Cascade Village Apartments II, LP (“Cascade Village”), its management company, FPI Management,...more
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping. It prohibits federal contractors from certain anti-bias employee training practices in order to “promote economy and...more
9/25/2020
/ Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Training ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Race Relations ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
During this time of uncertainty, Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) are now operating under stressed conditions with limited resources. HUD posted a revised “COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies” on April 22, 2020,...more
HUD issued “COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies” on March 30, 2020, with an updated version 2 circulated on March 31, 2020 (the FAQ). The FAQ covers frequently asked questions...more
A number of provisions of the CARES Act are applicable to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs....more
As public housing authorities (PHAs) and multifamily housing owners grapple with protecting their residents, employees and stakeholders amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, HUD has issued several pieces of guidance in recent days...more
3/23/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Eviction ,
Foreclosure ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Moratorium ,
Public Housing ,
Public Housing Authorities ,
Rental Assistance Demonstration ,
Rental Property ,
Trump Administration
Last week, HUD issued a new notice requesting letters of interest under its Moving to Work (MTW) program from PHAs with 1,001 or more total public housing and housing choice voucher (HCV) units. MTW participants are able to...more
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Office has been busy! Earlier this month, HUD published for public comment a revised Operations Notice that will govern an expanded MTW program. ...more
10/17/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Applications ,
Deadlines ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Public Housing ,
Public Housing Authorities ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Section 8
The Census Bureau, in conjunction with researchers from Harvard and Brown Universities, this week published a national “opportunity atlas” that tracks outcomes for children in adulthood based on nationwide data. ...more
10/4/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Equal Access ,
Housing Choice Vouchers ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Public Housing ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8
A pending lawsuit against HUD challenging its suspension of its local tool for affirmative fair housing assessments has been dismissed....more
As indicated earlier this week, HUD is seeking comments to inform revisions to its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. We have been waiting for official publication of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)...more
8/17/2018
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) ,
Affordable Housing ,
Comment Period ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Public Housing ,
Public Policy ,
RAD Program ,
Real Estate Market ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Rental Property ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Section 8 ,
Urban Planning & Development
This week, HUD announced that it intends to amend its 2015 regulations on affirmatively furthering fair housing, or AFFH. HUD is giving the public 60 days from publication of its advance notice of proposed rulemaking to...more
This week, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) announced a settlement of a lawsuit against Travelers Indemnity Company in which it alleged that Travelers engaged in discriminatory conduct in violation of the Fair...more
3/2/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ,
Homeowner's Insurance ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Insurance Industry ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8 ,
Settlement ,
Travelers
Last week, HUD issued a notice extending until after October 31, 2020, the deadline for cities and other participating jurisdictions to submit assessments of fair housing (AFH), the new reporting and assessment tool required...more
Just in time for the end of the federal fiscal year (September 30), the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a flurry of internal and external audit reports over the last few weeks on a wide variety of topics....more
10/13/2017
/ Affordable Housing ,
Audit Reports ,
Community Development ,
FHA Loans ,
Housing Choice Vouchers ,
HUD ,
Low Income Housing ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Mortgages ,
OIG ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8
Today, the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a bulletin indicating that it is unclear if undocumented immigrants have access to certain HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs – namely the Housing...more
8/22/2017
/ Affordable Housing ,
AIDS ,
Homeless Issues ,
HUD ,
Low Income Housing ,
Low-Income Issues ,
OIG ,
Public Housing ,
Section 8 ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Vulnerable Victims
On August 9, HUD issued to Congress its 16th report on worst case housing needs in the United States, based on 2015 data. Households with “worst case needs” are those that are very low income, do not receive government...more
In a new audit report, HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned certain costs paid by a public housing authority (PHA) for travel by the PHA’s commissioners. The OIG alleges violations of uniform cost principals at...more
The new HUD administration has been pretty quiet on the regulatory front, with only a handful of regulations and notices issued since January. That may change soon. HUD is hard at work identifying regulatory changes that...more