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A North Bergen Housing Authority official in New Jersey recently admitted to extorting cash in exchange for vacation days. He was terminated by the housing authority following his guilty plea, and was sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
HUD's model lease clears the way for site owners and managers to access residents' units “for the purpose of making reasonable repairs and periodic inspections.” Doing so can help uncover unsafe or unsanitary conditions and unreported maintenance problems. Dealt with early, these conditions can help prevent more serious problems later, such as insect or rodent infestations, flooding, and major repairs.
HUD recently released the nation’s first-ever national study examining housing discrimination against same-sex couples in the private rental market. The study, An Estimate of Housing Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples, measures the treatment same-sex couples receive from rental agents when inquiring about apartments advertised online, as compared to how otherwise similar heterosexual couples are treated.
Sequestration has resulted in cuts to the three New York agencies that administer more than 150,000 Section 8 vouchers in the city: the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and the state's Department of Homes and Community Renewal. The cuts will affect not only owners whose tenants receive Section 8 vouchers, but also those owners who contract directly with HUD through the project-based Section 8 program.
The House Appropriations Committee recently unveiled a $44 billion budget for the departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The amount for the agencies in the 2014 fiscal year is $7.7 billion less than their 2013 spending levels.
The bill is $4.4 billion below the current level of spending that went into effect after the March 1 sequester. And the House is proceeding with 2014 bills that cut below the sequester for domestic programs and which increase spending for defense.
Keeping your residents cool and comfortable in the summer will do much to keep your residents happy, reduce resident complaints, and avoid HUD scrutiny. If your site's air-conditioning system breaks down this summer, some residents may even try to deduct money from their rent for the time the air-conditioning system was broken.
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan recently announced that HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Oklahoma in addition to resources being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal partners.
Recently, HUD announced a “major restructuring” of field offices that will result in the relocation of approximately 10 percent of its workforce. HUD’s Multifamily Housing Programs and Field Policy and Management Offices will consolidate workplaces beginning this fall, according to the agency, and the restructuring will take place over the next two years.
In statements made at a Federal Reserve System conference on community development, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke noted that while the U.S. economy as a whole appeared to be improving, low-income communities hit hardest by the recession continue to struggle and require multipronged strategies to recover.
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