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... by Mark Alper | Feb 14, 2013 | Compliance
As regular readers of this column know, I usually devote myself to a specific compliance-related topic or two. But today — and with apologies to Monty Python’s Flying Circus — I’ d like to offer up something completely different: an open and... by Mark Alper | May 4, 2011 | Compliance
Over the course of the past two months, I’ve received an unusual number of questions via NCHM’s eHotline on the issue of extended absences from HUD assisted units. The most common source of these questions are senior properties. There has only been one... by Mark Alper | Apr 4, 2011 | Compliance
Let me be clear right up front: Discussion and occasional controversy over HUD guidelines can be both healthy and helpful. A great example of this is Paragraph 5-6L5, page 5-15 of HUD Handbook 4350.3, Rev. 1 which states: “Other state, local government, social...