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Opinion: tools for landlords to help low-income tenants

Housing Wire

The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a powerful tool to help low-income families find apartments they can afford, but the program isn’t reaching its potential because far too few landlords participate in it. Why don’t landlords participate? Congress has helped, as well.

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Tenant Advocates, Landlords, and Developers’ Unexpected Perspectives on Rent Control and Inclusionary Zoning

Urban

Careful and consistent policy design is key to ensuring rent control and inclusionary zoning make housing affordable.

Tenants 114
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HUD allocates $472 million of CARES Act funding for low-income households

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced Monday the allocation of $472 million to be used for low income families during the coronavirus pandemic. HUD made the funding available to Public Housing Authorities as part of the CARES Act to assist families utilizing Housing Choice Vouchers and Mainstream vouchers.

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Angela Ravesi Promoted to Manager of Lamacchia Development and Property Management

Lamacchia Realty

The Lamacchia Development and Property Management team is pleased to promote Angela Ravesi to Manager of LD and LPM! Landlords look to property management to delegate the many responsibilities that come with owning rental properties, and she has been a critical component in facilitating that. Angela Ravesi. She is a proven leader!

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VA Issues Grants in the Fight Against Homelessness

Appraisal Buzz

Grant recipients will deliver a variety of legal services to veterans, including: Providing representation in landlord-tenant disputes to prevent eviction. Individual grant awards are up to $300,000 for a 14-month grant cycle starting Aug. Assisting with court proceedings for child support, custody, or estate planning.

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Don’t let COVID crisis mask affordable housing opportunity

Housing Wire

Other countries, including England, have developed digital national systems for processing and recording mortgage and property transactions. Across the country, local zoning ordinances have consistently been designed to inhibit the development of medium and high density-housing. It’s time for the U.S. to do the same.

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The Fed pauses its rate hikes for now, will it last?

Housing Wire

Raising interest rates is designed to tackle those still-high prices outside of the volatile food and energy sectors. Additionally, apartment construction is strong , which puts an additional pressure on landlords to avoid vacancy. Inflation picked up to 3.7% Core inflation—which excludes food and energy costs—rose 4.3% a year earlier.