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There are 3,200 local housing authorities in the United States, operating 1.3 million units of public housing. The new rules do not affect the subsidies the federal government pays private landlords who provide low-rent apartments. To demonstrate the need, Cuomo cited a number of communities wher...
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...
As with any government program, a few rules and restrictions apply to the portability of your housing voucher. Portability generally isn't an option yet if you've been receiving HUD assistance forless than a year. Section 8 portability rules require that you live in the area where you first ...
Opinion. Discusses the effects of the new housing regulation called Title X- finalized by the US Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency on the housing industry. Requirement for landlords of houses built before 1978 to disclose presence of lead-based paint in writing; ...