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Recently, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Rep. Steve Stivers (OH-15) introduced H.R. 5776, the Tenant Income Verification Relief Act, to allow tenants on a fixed income to have their income certified and/or verified once every three years rather than annually. The legislation also calls for the HUD secretary to define the term “fixed income,” which has generally included Social Security or Supplemental Secur...
On Dec. 13, the Senate passed by a vote of 56 to 40 the FY 2015 omnibus appropriations bill, H.R. 83. The House approved the same bill on Dec. 11, 219 to 206. The President is expected to sign the bill soon.
HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced that they will partner to provide resources to help nearly 2,000 homeless veterans find and sustain permanent housing. The two agencies will be providing help for homeless veterans through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program, combining HUD's rental assistance with the VA's case management and clinical services. In October 2...
On Nov. 10, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a report showing that rental assistance has been central to efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans, who have made considerable progress in recent years. According to the report, more than 340,000 veterans received rental assistance as of March 2014. And between 2010 and 2014, veteran homelessness fell by 33 percent, which the CBPP says can be attr...
On Nov. 7, 2014, HUD issued a new passbook savings rate of 0.06 percent to be effective Feb. 1, 2015. The following week, on Nov. 14, HUD issued a RHIIP Listserv that gave additional details regarding the Feb. 1, 2015, effective date.
HUD recently announced that it had settled a disability discrimination case against the owner and manager of a 500-unit site in Illinois. The resolution required the owner to pay $255,000 to settle claims that it violated the fair housing laws by failing to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities and then by retaliating against a resident with a disability because the resident requested a reasonable accommodation.
Q: If you allow an over-income police officer to live at your site for an attractive rent, according to HUD rules, you may not also compensate him for performing some policing duties at your site. True or false?
HUD recently announced announced that $24 million is being made available to certain qualified Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) through the Jobs-Plus Pilot Program to help residents increase their earned income and move toward self-sufficiency.
HUD recently published a proposed rule in the Federal Register for implementing statutory reforms made to the Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities and Section 202 Housing for the Elderly programs by the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 and the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2010, both of which were enacted on Jan. 4, 2011.
On Oct. 9, HUD issued a notice outlining policies and procedures for transferring remaining budget authority of a project-based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract under Section 8(bb)(1) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937.
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