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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? The challenge at hand is ripe for bipartisan action. million households.

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HUD Streamlines Affordable Housing Regulations

Appraisal Buzz

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). HOME is one of the largest federal grant programs specifically for creating housing for disadvantaged households.

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Opinion: Many mission-based landlords are at a breaking point

Housing Wire

Largely nonprofits, mission-based landlords provide affordable housing as a tool for systemic change, including advancing racial equity, reducing economic disparities, and strengthening community resiliency. Many of their development projects require more patience and long-term commitment than other developers are willing to undertake.

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers.

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Nonprofits Leverage ADUs to Tackle Affordable Housing Crisis

Appraisal Buzz

Nonprofits are increasingly turning to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as a tool to combat the nation’s ongoing affordable housing crisis. Innovations and Challenges in ADU Development These ADU programs showcase a range of innovations to meet specific housing needs.

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HUD raises Housing Choice Voucher funding to $30 billion for 2023

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced that it is allotting $30.3 It has also made HCV utilization tools available that include additional information such as projection tools, training videos and monthly summaries of the program. billion for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program for 2023.

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FHFA Issues New Tenant Protections

Appraisal Buzz

A 30-day written notice of a lease expiration: Renters will be notified at least 30 days in advance of their lease expiration, whether fixed/scheduled or terminated by the landlord. Tenants can see if their property is Enterprise-backed using Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s multifamily property look-up tools.

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