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The consolidated Act is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The law was signed by President of the United States Bill Clinton on December 28, 1995. [1] HOPA amends the Fair Housing Act as follows: [2]
Section 9 assistance is administered locally by public housing agencies (PHAs), which receive funding from HUD to support the operating and capital needs of public housing properties. As of 2010, [13] there were 3,040 PHAs nationwide, administering a combined 7,340 public housing properties, comprising some 1,105,380 units. More than 2.2 ...
The idea of a department of Urban Affairs was proposed in a 1957 report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, led by New York governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. [3] The idea of a department of Housing and Urban Affairs was taken up by President John F. Kennedy, with Pennsylvania Senator and Kennedy ally Joseph S. Clark Jr. listing it as one of the top seven legislative priorities for the ...
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...
Housing industry groups said some of HUD's proposed requirements would be too costly. But they now fall short of nationally adopted safety codes. HUD walks back some proposed safety rules for ...
HUD enforces Title II when it relates to state and local public housing, housing assistance and housing referrals. Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 : The Architectural Barriers Act requires that buildings and facilities designed, constructed, altered, or leased with certain federal funds after September 1969 must be accessible to and usable ...
Volume Chapter Parts Regulatory Entity 1: 0-99: Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development I: 100-199: Office of Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development
However, HUD may exclude certain areas from this requirement or reduce the percentage if the area suffered a presidentially-declared disaster. [2] In addition to the matching requirement, HUD has earmarking requirements that governments must follow. This compliance requirement obliges state and local governments to set aside 15% of program ...