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• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  The Fair Housing Act itemises the rental conduct it forbids: different criteria, different terms, steering, discriminatory statements, and false information about availabilityRequirement excerpt: The regulations enumerate the conduct that is unlawful in renting, and the list reaches ordinary operating practice rather than only outright refusal. Under 24 CFR 100.60 it is unlawful to use different qualification criteria or…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  The Fair Housing Act reaches Puerto Rico and every territory and possession, because its definition of State says soRequirement excerpt: The Fair Housing Act defines 'State' to mean any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any of the territories and possessions of the United States. That single definition settles a question a…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  The owner must certify annually to the allocating agencyRequirement excerpt: The owner must certify at least annually to the allocating agency, for the preceding twelve-month period, on the matters enumerated in the compliance monitoring regulation, including the minimum set-aside, the applicable fraction, unit…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  The owner must respond to agency monitoring requests and permit inspection and file reviewRequirement excerpt: The owner must provide the allocating agency with access to records and units and respond to monitoring requests. The agency must inspect and review the low-income certifications and supporting documentation for at least the minimum sample…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  The records HUD may demand at an AFHM compliance review must be kept and producedRequirement excerpt: HUD may conduct periodic affirmative fair housing marketing compliance reviews throughout the life of the mortgage, and throughout the term of the HAP contract for Section 8 assisted housing, even absent any complaint. The owner must…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  The submetered rate charged to tenants may not exceed the owner's own cost, or for a renewable source the highest rate the tenants would otherwise have paidRequirement excerpt: For a submetered utility purchased from or through a local utility company, the rate charged to the tenants of the unit must not exceed the rate incurred by the building owner for that utility. For a submetered utility produced from a…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  The utility allowance must use a permitted method and be reviewed at least annuallyRequirement excerpt: Determine each unit’s utility allowance using the applicable permitted method and review its basis at least once each calendar year. Use changed allowances for gross rents due 90 days after the change, with the method-specific agency…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Title VI bars national origin discrimination in federally assisted housing; HUD's LEP guidance framework has been withdrawnRequirement excerpt: A recipient of federal financial assistance may not, on the ground of race, colour or national origin, deny a person any housing, service or benefit under the programme, provide it in a different manner, or use criteria or methods of…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  Units damaged by casualty must be restored within a reasonable periodRequirement excerpt: A unit that is out of service because of casualty damage generally continues to be treated as a low-income unit if it is restored within a reasonable restoration period, subject to any applicable disaster relief.Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  Units must be available for use by the general publicRequirement excerpt: A residential unit is not a low-income unit unless it is available for use by the general public, meaning it is rented in a manner consistent with housing policy governing nondiscrimination and is not provided preferentially to members of a…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  Utility consumption estimates and their supporting data are part of the taxpayer's 1.6001-1(a) recordsRequirement excerpt: The building owner must retain any utility consumption estimates and supporting data as part of the taxpayer's records for purposes of 26 CFR 1.6001-1(a). That is a tax record-retention standard rather than a housing one: the records must…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  VAWA notices, certification form and an emergency transfer plan are requiredRequirement excerpt: Covered housing providers must provide the notice of occupancy rights and the certification form at three points (when an applicant is denied, when a tenant is admitted, and when a tenant receives notice of eviction or termination of…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  What documentation an owner may request depends on whether the disability and the need are apparentRequirement excerpt: The HUD/DOJ Joint Statement limits accommodation documentation to information necessary to evaluate disability and the disability-related need. When both are obvious or known, the provider may not request additional information about the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  Where no branch of the hierarchy applies the default is the PHA schedule, and any estimate obtained displaces it for every similar unit in the buildingRequirement excerpt: For a rent-restricted unit that falls through 1.42-10(b)(1), (2), (3) and (4)(i), the appropriate utility allowance is the applicable PHA utility allowance. That default is displaced the moment an estimate is obtained under any of the four…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Where several programs restrict the same unit, each restriction applies independentlyRequirement excerpt: For a unit subject to multiple programs, identify each applicable restriction and any express exception, substitution or interaction before comparing requirements. Compare rent limits only on the same basis, including treatment of tenant…Read conditions and sources →