"This will be a good check up to make sure that these items are in compliance and work to serve your property to its highest and best use."

HUD has brought forth a number of new rules and guidance policies. This seminar will examine, in detail, these new rulings so that you may stay in compliance. We will go through what is needed to be included in a tenant selection plan, how to write house rules in a manner to not run afoul of fair housing guidelines and review recent updates to the Violence against women act and EIV.

Program Benefits:

What information needs to be in a TSP:

• Key Regulations
• Tenant selection plan
• Marketing
• Selecting tenants

How to make sure house rules are written in a “vanilla” fashion so as to not discriminate against any protected class

There is a final rule for VAWA that came out in July, 2017. We will discuss nuances and requirements of the rule:

The reality is that the vast majority of victims of domestic violence are women and children, and most outreach organizations take those demographics into consideration when providing services. ever, we do recognize that though not the norm, there are men abused by their wives and violence does occur in same-sex relationships. The bottom line is, violence is violence no matter what gender the victim. Because of that, the Violence Against Women Act applies to all victims." VAWA 2013 extends protection to all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, regardless of gender.

In addition, the Final Rule details the requirement to establish an Emergency Transfer Plan, no later than June 14, 2017, that allows a tenant to transfer to a new unit/building when the tenant reasonably believes that there is a threat of imminent harm from further violence if the tenant remains in the same unit. The Final Rule includes a model Emergency Transfer Plan that owners can modify for this purpose. HUD requires that owners track and submit information on emergency transfer requests and outcomes on an annual basis.

We will cover updates in EIV process:

• What information is in EIV and where does it come from?
• What are income reports?
• What are Summary reports?
• What is a verification report?

Who Should Attend:

• Property Managers
• Property owners
• Housing Authority Staff
• Compliance staff

Ask a question at the Q & A session following the live event and get advice pertaining to your situation, straight from our expert speaker.