by Lisa Thompson | Mar 10, 2017 | Compliance
Smoke-free housing is not a new concept for HUD. Over the last decade or so, HUD has encouraged both public housing authorities and multifamily housing owners to establish smoke-free communities and has even issued a 63-page toolkit to aid in the process. So what is... by Lisa Thompson | Oct 17, 2016 | Compliance
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended in 1988, is better known as the Fair Housing Act. This law guaranteed that all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, have the right to equal... by Lisa Thompson | Dec 10, 2015 | Compliance
What is LEP, you ask? According to HUD, if one does not speak English as their primary language and has limited ability to read, speak, write, or understand English that makes them Limited English Proficient (LEP). The 2013 American Communities Survey identified 25.2... by Mark Alper | Nov 6, 2014 | Compliance
NCHM has talked about the importance of resident files for years, in both on-site and online training prograns and in response to eHotline questions. Housing professionals who have paid attention to my contributions in this forum know that I always emphasize that our... by Mark Alper | Aug 14, 2014 | Compliance
Every month — and sometimes every week — I get emails with a common refrain: “I can’t find this issue addressed in the HUD Handbook 4350.3, Rev. 1.” I felt the time had come for me to devote a column to this, because I know how... by Mark Alper | Jan 4, 2014 | Compliance
If you have been following my columns for a while you’ve heard me note how the subject of compliance, and the day-to-day issues associated with it, have become more complicated. The fact that so much of what is operational today exists as notices published...