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On March 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in case filed by a housing authority against the United States, alleging that the government breached a low-income housing assistance payments contract by requiring the authority to submit rent comparability studies to receive annual rent adjustments [Haddon Housing Assocs. v. U.S.]. This decision represents the first U.S. appeals court decision on whether a 1994 statutory provision was a breach of an ...
In a memo to staff sent on Feb. 28, Deputy HUD Secretary Maurice Jones said “the impact of sequestration on HUD programs will be dramatic.” The Secretary has testified that over 200,000 people will lose their HUD-funded housing assistance and that HUD must also reduce its salaries and expenses by $66.6 million.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The National Fair Housing Alliance, and Poverty & Race Research Action Council recently issued a report entitled “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing at HUD: A First Term Report Card Part II” that looks at HUD’s record of “affirmatively furthering fair housing” (AFFH) as mandated in Section 3608 of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) during the first term of the Obama administration.
On Feb. 4, 2012, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing issued a notice (Notice PIH 2013-06) intended to provide public housing authorities with information on the dangers of radon.
On Nov. 30, HUD issued a new set of regulatory waivers to help site owners and displaced families deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. After Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the United States causing significant damage to property, loss of life, and displacement of individuals and families from their homes and communities, President Obama called upon all federal agencies to do everything in their power to assist the victims of the storm and to eliminate or r...
On Dec. 4, HUD released new income limits for fiscal year 2013 that determine eligibility for its assisted housing programs. The income limits took effect immediately. The income limits are set as a percentage of area median income adjusted for household size. The newly issued income limits and further information regarding the income limits can be found at www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il/il13/in...
HUD is expected to announce a Final Rule implementing the revisions to the requirement for disclosure of Social Security numbers, says Linda Kornegay, director of HUD's Rental Housing Improvement Integrity Project (RHIIP) Listserv.
HUD recently released Notice PIH 2012-28 “State Registered Lifetime Sex Offenders in Federally Assisted Housing.” Although this notice was released under the Public and Indian Housing Department, it still applies to many multifamily programs. The notice supersedes Notice H 2009-11 and Notice PIH 2009-35.
On June 5, HUD announced that it's clamping down on excessive pay at public housing authorities, setting caps that extend and expand limits imposed by Congress. The action comes as HUD revealed that the top official at the Atlanta housing agency received a compensation package of $644,214, the highest in the country.
According to a recent report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget request for HUD is at least $1.7 billion below the amount needed to fully renew rental assistance provided this year under HUD's three major rental assistance programs for low-income households: the Housing Choice Voucher, public housing, and Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs.
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