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As the temperature starts dropping across the country, your site may be undertaking increased pest prevention treatments or inspections as pests, particularly rodents, start moving indoors. Unfortunately, some residents are not always diligent about reporting pest issues for reasons such as concerns about cost or lease violations.

The rules apply to public housing and project-based rental assistance sites.

We explain some of the actions HUD is taking to help prevent evictions.

Government and private sector employers are requiring staff to be vaccinated. Should you?

While available vaccines have proven effective in controlling COVID-19 and its variants to date, the virus continues to spread, particularly among unvaccinated populations. Officials have been trying different approaches to increase vaccination rates from incentive programs to educational outreach.

Two recent HUD actions indicate that owners may need to review their site’s criminal screening policies for compliance. On June 25, HUD issued a new proposed rule to reinstate the discriminatory effects regulations put in place under the Obama administration in 2013. Under the 2013 rule, the discriminatory effects framework was straightforward: A policy that had a discriminatory effect on a protected class was unlawful if it didn’t serve a substantial, legit...

To ensure that assisted households pay rents appropriate with their ability to pay, tenants must report changes of family income and composition for use in interim recertifications in accordance with HUD requirements. Before the pandemic, this recertification process was done before the household’s scheduled recertification date on an occasional basis. Since the pandemic began, you’ve probably seen more requests for recertifications for decreases in income.

REAC inspections resume June 1 with more advance notice and safety protocols.

On April 23, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announced that HUD will substantially increase housing inspections for public housing and multifamily housing beginning on June 1. She noted that HUD’s inspections are important for identifying unsafe conditions and supporting HUD’s work with housing providers to mitigate them. It has been over a year since HUD suspended ...

Owners who violate the moratorium, now extended through June, face stiff penalties for violations.

We’ll explain why and how—and what you can do to avoid discrimination claims.

On Feb. 11, HUD announced in a memo that its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) will fully enforce the Fair Housing Act to ban discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity. This memo was issued as a result of President Biden’s Executive Order 13988 on “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gende...

In the past few years, HUD has reexamined the inspection process used by its Real Estate Assessment Center. REAC is responsible for inspecting properties owned and operated by approximately 3,700 local public housing authorities and approximately 23,000 privately owned apartment buildings nationwide.