Each year, properties funded by one of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) multifamily subsidy programs await notice of their Management and Occupancy Review (MOR) date. To many managers, this review is their final exam for the year. It often...
It is time to pull out those boxes of holiday decorations! As you do so, please keep in mind that religion is a protected class under the Fair Housing Act. Our residents, applicants, and staff should not feel that they are being treated differently, given different...
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...
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...
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...
