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FEATURE

How to Handle Income Changes from the Social Security Fairness Act

SSA began issuing retroactive lump sum payments in March and increasing monthly payments in April for some public-sector retirees.

Apr 11, 2025

Eric Yoo

Signed into law in January 2025 by President Biden and effective retroactively to January 2024, this act increases Social Security benefits for certain types of workers by repealing two provisions of the Social Security Act that have long affected certain public-s...

COMPLIANCE

Comply with HUD’s Record Retention Requirements During Spring Cleaning

Tossing tenant records too soon or disposing of them improperly can expose your site to compliance risk.

Apr 9, 2025

Eric Yoo

Spring cleaning might feel like a time to finally tackle the overflowing file cabinets, the stray folders piling up on desks, or to address long-forgotten digital files hiding in shared drives. But any such decluttering must be done with a firm eye on compliance. Getting rid of documents too early or improperly can expose you to audit risks.

IN THE NEWS

Fair Housing Organizations Sue HUD and DOGE Over Grant Terminations

A sweeping federal class action lawsuit challenges the departments for abruptly terminating $30 million in federal grant funding.

Apr 7, 2025

Eric Yoo

Four nonprofit fair housing organizations representing a proposed class of more than 60 groups across the country recently filed a sweeping federal class action lawsuit challenging HUD and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency for abruptly terminating $30 million in federal grant funding.

INCOME CALCULATIONS

HUD Issues Income Limits for Fiscal Year 2025

The larger-than-expected increases come as a surprise.

Apr 8, 2025

Eric Yoo

The larger-than-expected increases come as a surprise. On average, income limits rose by 6.2 percent, with most areas seeing noticeable upward adjustments. While some regions experienced moderate gains, others saw more significant changes—more than 70 percent of the country had increases above 5...

IN THE NEWS

Report: Gap in Affordable Rental Housing Worsens

The NLIHC supports bipartisan legislative proposals that would expand housing access.

Apr 6, 2025

Eric Yoo

The National Low Income Housing Coalition recently released its 2025 edition of The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. According to the report, the U.S. lacks 7.1 million rental homes that are both affordable and available to households earning at or below the federal poverty level or 30 percent of area median income, whichever is greater. This translates to just 35 homes available for every 100 extremely low-income renter households.

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