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12 May 2009, 10:57 pm
Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Donovan announced that HUD is offering nearly $1 billion to... [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 7:00 am
The House Financial Services Committee voted last week to end two federal mortgage programs, both managed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, citing disappointing results as the primary reason for their ouster. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 2:33 pm
It may be getting easier for people with criminal records to find housing.In new guidance, the Department of Housing and Urban Development tells landlords that turning down tenants or buyers based on their criminal records may violate the Fair Housing Act.People with criminal records aren't a protected class under the Fair Housing Act, and the guidance from HUD's general counsel says that in some cases, turning down an individual tenant because… [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 12:12 pm by Richard J. Andreano, Jr.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued a final rule reinstating the 2013 version of its disparate impact rule under the Fair Housing Act (Act) to replace a version of the rule adopted by HUD during the Trump Administration in 2020 that never became effective. [read post]
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule regarding equal access to HUD housing programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 7:01 am
Down in Tualatin, the city held an open house on Thursday night to discuss whether it wanted to continue the "urban renewal" juggernaut -- funneling tax revenues to infrastructure projects and other frills that make developers wealthy but starve essential-service agencies. [read post]
9 Feb 2014, 3:22 am
 The bill received cross-party support.The bill amends the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 in relation to the permitted signatories of notices.Opening the debate, Baroness Williams of Trafford, who is sponsoring the bill in the House of Lords, said that the bill would correct an anomaly that currently exists in the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.Currently, leaseholders of flats who… [read post]
14 May 2012, 8:54 am by nflatow
In another example, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested that, if elected president, he would consider disbanding the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an agency for which his father once served as Secretary. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 4:18 am
Department of Housing and Urban Development today joined President Obama's commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision by announcing that it will offer rental assistance to 4,000 non-elderly families with disabilities, including 1,000 vouchers specifically targeted to those transitioning out of nursing homes and other care facilities. [read post]
3 Oct 2023, 9:05 pm by Sam Wong
Some scholars have praised Vauban as “the world’s most successful model for sustainable urban development. [read post]
17 Dec 2022, 10:00 pm
And “rent or mortgage payments, utilities, and other fees, are considered housing cost burdens according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of affordable housing," the bulletin added.Molly Cromwell, a demographer with the Census Bureau’s Housing Statistics Branch noted, “We’ve heard for a while now that incomes were not keeping up with the increased cost of housing ….… [read post]
4 May 2016, 5:19 am by Derek Black
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a new report that comes out heavily in favor of coordinating housing and education policy to produce integration. [read post]
19 Aug 2018, 9:55 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today a formal complaint against Facebook for violating the Fair Housing Act by allowing landlords and home sellers to use its advertising platform to engage in housing discrimination. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 10:23 am by Grace Lee
The Conference will explore overlapping themes, tensions and opportunities for deeper scholarly investigation and practice with a comparative perspective across the following urban law topics, among others: – Structure and workings of local authority and autonomy – Urban governance – Environmental sustainability – Economic and community development – Criminal justice – Urban public health – Affordable housing… [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 3:56 pm by Alison Epperson
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced a significant expansion of a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) pilot program that streamlines FHA mortgage insurance applications for affordable housing developments that have equity from the sale of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program, the nation’s primary source of affordable housing production. [read post]
31 Dec 2022, 10:00 pm
”The course begins with three foundational seminars, including an introduction to affordable housing, a financing seminar, and a development seminar. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 2:00 pm
Department of Housing and Urban Development are sponsoring a live webcast on Monday, November 18, 2008, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 8:13 am by Alexandra Farone
[JURIST] Governments must commit themselves to further action to globally improve housing conditions and urban development, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha [official profile] said [press release] Thursday. [read post]
22 Aug 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is pressing local governments to ease barriers to housing construction, which might turn out to be a genuinely progressive stance in a period in which housing costs are soaring in many in-demand cities, led by the West Coast. [read post]