U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and supporting the homeless,
Fair Market Rent Renters with a Section 8 voucher cannot rent a housing unit for which the rental charge is greater than HUD's Fair Market Rent guidelines. The current FMR standard is the 40th percentile of typical rental units occupied by recent movers in a local housing market. The 40th p...
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Last week the Obama administration released new controversial Fair Housing guidelines telling the nation’s landlords that it may be discriminatory for them to refuse to rent to those with criminal records. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says refusing to rent based on...
HUD funds three primary housing assistance programs: Video of the Day Public housing, which are government-owned dwellings and projects reserved for low-income renters. The Housing Choice Voucher Program, which provides a rent subsidy that can be used on any privately owned housing; also known as...
said. “On day one, Marcia got to work rebuilding the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and over the past three years she has been a strong voice for expanding efforts to build generational wealth through homeownership and lowering costs and promoting fairness for America’s renters....
buying any kind of housing. By the late 1960s and the early 1970s, several developments occurred that tipped the industry’s thought leaders into action. They decided to work for proper federal regulation of the industry. While most mobile homes built during that timefr...
Subsidized Renters Face Changes; Housing Authorities Will Have to Cope with Lower HUD FundingByline: VICKY ECKENRODE, The Times-UnionEckenrode, Vicky