Compliance
September 29, 2023
The case shows how mishandling situations involving assistance animals could cost you.
HUD recently charged an owner with violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing a resident’s request for a disability-related reasonable accommodation to keep an assistance animal and by subjecting the...
In the News
September 29, 2023
A group of mayors, county executives, and county board chairs representing communities across the country recently signed onto a letter urging Congress to enact the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2023, S. 1557 and H.R. 3238, which would strengthen and expand the Low-Income...
In the News
September 29, 2023
In the Sept. 21 issue of the Federal Register, HUD published its annual notice designating the 2024 Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs) and Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) for the LIHTC program. HUD is required to designate these areas under Internal Revenue Code Section 42. Both QCTs and DDAs are...
Feature
August 31, 2023
An income discrepancy could trigger the NAU rule and jeopardize your site’s tax credits.
Dos & Don'ts
August 31, 2023
Reduce the risk of a lawsuit based on an application misunderstanding.
Q & A
August 31, 2023
Q I suspect that civil penalties for Fair Housing Act violations have gone up again this year. What are the new amounts and where I can find them?
In the News
August 31, 2023
The DOE will begin accepting applications for the Bonus Credit Program in early fall 2023.
Feature
July 28, 2023
We highlight the noteworthy changes and clarifications in both notices.
Dealing with Households
July 28, 2023
Almost every site that allows pets has a set of pet rules, usually in the form of a lease addendum that covers such issues as picking up pet waste, preventing nuisance problems, and keeping pets out of prohibited areas. But many pet rules don’t cover other important issues, such as a resident...
Dos & Don'ts
July 28, 2023
Like other real estate businesses, you may be using ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, and other generative AI products, a.k.a. chatbots, for marketing purposes, such as developing advertising strategies, analyzing housing markets, and generating property listings, ads, social media posts, and other marketing...
