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2011-08-19T15:13:07-05:00

HUD ISSUES NEW NOTICE ON EIV (H2011-21) Housing Notice 2011-21, Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System, was issued today, August 19, 2011. This Notice supersedes Notices H 2008-03, H 2009-20,...

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2011-08-13T08:49:02-05:00

HUD ISSUES LETTER ON PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORS In a letter dated August 11, 2011, Janet M. Golrick, HUD Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs, issued a...

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NCHM Compliance Close Up on Twitter

2011-06-20T09:41:55-05:00

A short announcement for those of you who use Twitter. Within the next few weeks, I'll be using Twitter to address compliance-related issues and post news items of interest. You are welcome to...

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HUD position on marijuana as a medical expense

2011-04-29T11:16:01-05:00

With the growing number of states that have enacted laws permitting the possession and use of marijuana for prescribed medical purposes, one of the more common questions I get is: Is medical...

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EIV,Third Party Verification and PBCA's

2011-04-21T06:04:05-05:00

During a recent training, I inadvertently stunned my audience by a comment I made about EIV compliance. To be completely candid, I did not do the best job of phrasing my comment -- and EIV can be...

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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES ON SERVICE ANIMALS

2011-04-06T08:34:30-05:00

There has been significant press coverage of guidelines issued by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) that limit the types of animals that can be considered to be "service animals" in connection with...

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2011-04-02T05:49:26-05:00

A HANDBOOK WE CAN BELIEVE IN... Housing professionals who have been reading this blog know that I have been on my "soapbox" for a while now about the need for a revised HUD Handbook 4350.3, Rev. 1 as...

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2011-03-21T05:47:01-05:00

COMPLIANCE NEVER SLEEPS Last evening, I got a telephone call from a colleague and friend of many years standing. The conversation included some discussion of compliance, including one point that was...

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Service Coordinators and EIV

2011-01-31T13:13:17-05:00

Should Service Coordinators have access to EIV information contained in a tenant's file? If they do, should they sign a "Rules of Behavior" form? I take a very strict position on this question, based...

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Just when I thought I had heard it all....

2011-01-10T09:58:48-05:00

.....along comes something that genuinely surprises me. Now, I know this is not all that uncommon. But after 36 years in or around the business, and in my 21st year at NCHM, I've seen and heard a...

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