Archive for March 2020
Fair Housing Issues & COVID-19
FAIR HOUSING ISSUES AND COVID-19 I. INTRODUCTION The virus named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes have been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (commonly referred to as “COVID-19”). On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared COVID-19 a “public emergency of international concern.” On January 31, 2020, the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary…
Read MoreDo You Know What You Are Certifying To?
Before your budgets are approved by the respective state or federal agency (i.e. RD, HUD, State Housing Finance Agency) each year, affordable property owners and their agents are required to execute documents certifying that their properties receive federal funds and are in full compliance with all applicable Federal Civil Rights laws. Also, Affirmatively Furthering Fair…
Read MoreThe Telephone Game
In today’s world I see so many management companies sending their Regional Managers to Fair Housing or LIHTC trainings without also sending their property managers or site managers on an annual basis. The expectation is that the Regionals will take the information that they heard only once and go back and explain it the exact…
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