National Housing Law Project Housing Law Bulletin

HOUSING LAW BULLETIN ARTICLE INDEX:
Section 8 Programs
 
 

1996 HUD Manual Supplement Has Arrived!	Sep-96
1998 Supplement to HUD Housing Programs Manual Now Available	Sep-98
Although PAEs Selected, Outstanding Issues Delay Finalizing of Contract	Feb-99
Another One-Year Reprieve for Most Expiring Section 8 Housing	Oct-96
Basic Inventory of Section 8 Projects Now Available	Feb-96
Budget Outlook Grim for Low-Income Housing Programs	Jul-97
Certificate and Voucher Conforming Rules: The Last Installment	May-98
Certificate and Voucher Merger Postponed to October 1, 1999	Jul-99
Certificate and Voucher Merger Regulations Finally Published	Aug-95
Delayed Voucher Merger Rules Now Effective	Oct-99
House Introduces Low-Income Housing Program Changes	Jan-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Jan-98
California Leads the Way: First State to Provide Nonproject-Based Section 8 Tenants a 90-Day Notice of Contract Termination	Feb-00
Changed HUD Rules on Calculating Income and Rent	Aug-95
Changes in Federal Housing Law Enacted by the 104th Congress	Nov-96
Children’s Health Problems Directly Related to Inadequate Housing	May-99
Congress Enacts -- and the President Signs -- Bill Funding Disaster Relief from Section 8 Reserves	May-98
Congress Moves on Low-Income Housing Appropriations Bills	Jul-97
Congress’ New Public Housing and Voucher Programs	Oct/Nov 98
Connecticut Landlords May Not Refuse To Enter Into Section 8 Leases Or Establish Minimum Income Requirements For Section 8 Residents	Oct-99
Corrected Website Address for Improved HUD Data on Section 8 Projects	Apr-98
Court Holds that New Jersey Landlords Must Accept Vouchers	Nov-97
Discrimination Based on Source of Income Prohibited in California	Feb-00
Earned Income Disregards for Public Housing Tenants	Jan-98
Effective Date of Certificate and Voucher Consolidation Rules	Oct-95
Eight Massachusetts Housing Authorities Preliminarily Enjoined From Applying Local Preferences to Certificate and Voucher Programs	Jan-99
Emerging Legal Issues Regarding HUD's Housing Programs — Part 1	Jan-96
Emerging Legal Issues Regarding HUD’s Housing Programs — Part 2	Mar-96
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Section 8 Landlords' Claims for Higher Rents	May-97
Fifty Thousand New Vouchers -- A Move in the Right Direction	Oct/Nov 98
Final FY 1999 HUD Budget Submitted to Congress	Jan-98
Final Voucher Program Regulations Issued	Nov/Dec 99
FY 1997 Appropriations Bill Signed into Law	Oct-96
FY 2000 Budget Resolution Signals Trouble for Low-Income Housing Programs	Apr-99
FY 2000 HUD Appropriations Bill: Section 8 Renewal Provisions (including "Mark-up to Market")	Nov/Dec 99
H.R. 2406 Calls for Repeal of the 1937 Housing Act	Oct-95
House and Senate Settle on HUD Funding for FY 1998 — Rural Housing Yet to Be Finalized	Oct-97
House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Deep, Deep Cuts in Funding for HUD Programs as Well as Program-Gutting Reforms	Jun/Jul 95
HUD Proposes Rule on Tenant Organizing	Jul-99
House Introduces Low-Income Housing Program Changes	Jan-97
House Passes H.R. 2406 to Repeal the United States Housing Act	May-96
House Passes HUD Appropriations Bill for FY 1997	Jul-96
House Public Housing Revisions Reported Out and Passed on Floor -- HUD Also Finally Unveils Its Version	May-97
Flash — House Reverses Committee Action Harmful to Public Housing Tenants!	Jun/Jul 95
House-Passed FY 1996 Appropriations Gut Low-Income Housing Programs — Floor Efforts to Restore Cuts Rebuffed	Aug-95
House Republicans Introduce Preservation Bill	Jun-99
Housing Authorizing Bill Passes Senate Floor	Oct-97
Housing Availability Curtailed by Continuing Resolution: HUD Issues Implementing Guidance	Feb-96
HUD and Rural Housing Budgets for FY 1997 Announced Despite Incomplete FY 1996 Budget Process	Apr-96
HUD Finally Announces “Mark Up” Policy to Prevent Some Section 8 Opt-Outs	May-99
HUD Funds for Tenant Outreach and Training Finally Available	May-98
FY 1996 HUD Appropriations Act (H.R. 3019) Contains Important Substantive Changes	May-96
HUD FY 1998 Appropriations Enacted	Dec-97
HUD Housing Programs Funded for FY 1997	Sep-96
HUD Introduces 1997 Version of Section 8 "Mark-to-Market" Legislation	Jun-97
HUD Issues FY 1997 Guidance for Preservation and Section 8 Renewals	Jan-97
HUD Issues FY 1999 Guidance on Administration of Prepayment “Enchanced Vouchers”	May-99
HUD Issues Guidance Re FY 1999 Expiring Section 8 Contracts	Dec-98
HUD Issues Regulations and Guidance to Implement Public Housing and Certificate and Voucher Legislation	Mar-99
HUD Issues Regulations for Section 8 “Mark to Market” Program	Sep-98
HUD Issues Revisions to Tenant Certifications and Rent Recalculations	Nov-95
HUD Issues Section 8 Reengineering Demonstration Guidelines	Feb-97
HUD Issues Updated Data on Populations Served by Its Rental Programs	Mar-98
HUD Multifamily Inventory Awaits Decisions	Sep-97
HUD Multifamily Inventory Weathers Post-Veto Uncertainty	Feb-96
HUD Notice Implements Continuing Resolution for Multifamily Programs	Apr-96
HUD Notice Provides Limited Guidance on Section 8 Contract Renewals and Opt-Outs	Apr-97
HUD Proposes One More Set of Regulations to Implement the 1998 Housing Act	May-99
HUD Proposes Regulations on Admissions, Evictions and Subsidy Terminations	Jun-97
HUD Provides Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Estimates to OMB	Nov-96
HUD Provides Improved Data on Section 8 Projects Via the Internet	Dec-97
HUD Provides Improved Data on Section 8 Projects Via the Internet	Dec-96
HUD Publishes Section 8 Fair Market Rents for Comment	Jun-96
HUD Reinvention Blueprint II Sounds Many Old Themes	Feb-96
HUD Report on “Vouchered-Out” Assisted Projects	Aug-98
HUD Revises and Reorganizes Eligibility Definitions	Mar-96
HUD Section 8 Study Highlights Successful Program Innovations	Nov-96
HUD Selects PAEs for Mark-to-Market Program	Dec-98
HUD Solicits PAE Applications for Mark to Market Program	Sep-98
HUD-Proposed Housing Certificate Fund Would Significantly Alter the Current Tenant-Based Programs	Jun/Jul 95
HUD’s “Mark-to-Market” Proposal Rides Again	Jun-96
HUD’s 1995 Bill: The American Community Partnerships Act — A Summary of the Public Housing Provisions	Jun/Jul 95
HUD’s Fair Housing Duties and the Loss of Public and Assisted Housing	Jan-99
HUD's Final "Mark-Up" Notice Contains Important Changes	Jul-99
HUD's FY 1997 Certificate and Voucher Funds: Where Is All the Money Going?	Aug-97
HUD’s FY 1999 Budget an Improvement but Many Low-Income Housing Needs Remain Unmet	Feb-98
Important New Laws for HUD Multifamily Housing	Oct/Nov 98
Important Recent Developments Concerning Minimum Rents	Jul-96
In Search of Shelter: The Growing Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing	Jul-98
The Interim Regulations for the New Voucher Program and the Conversion of Certificates	Jun-99
IRS Issues Favorable “Mark to Market” Revenue Ruling	Aug-98
Landlord's Withdrawal from Section 8 Program Violates Fair Housing Act	Jul-97
Late-Breaking Senate Appropriation Action	Jul-96
Latest Decision in Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority	Oct-97
Limited Housing Authorization Bill Adopted	Mar-96
Mandatory Flat Rents and the Brooke Amendment Cap: Is the Best of Both Worlds Possible?	Mar-97
Minimum Rents: Issues and New Developments	May-96
Minnesota Section 8 Tenants Win Major Preservation Victory	Sep-99
More Funding for Housing: Real or Illusory?	Feb-99
More News from the Chicago Public Housing Cases	Mar-98
Moving Forward on Project-Based Section 8 Expiring Contracts	Dec-97
NAHRO’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Reform Act of 1995	Jun/Jul 95
New Guidance Re FY 2000 Project-Based Section 8 Contract Renewals	Jan-00
New HUD Data on Section 8 Projects	May-99
New HUD Guidelines for FY 1998 Section 8 Contract Renewals and Opt-Outs	Jan-98
New Jersey Landlord May Not Refuse to Enter into Section 8 Contract on Behalf of Current Tenant	Apr-99
New Jersey Supreme Court Moves to Protect Pro Se Tenants	Aug-98
New Web Address for Improved HUD Data on Section 8 Projects	Mar-98
New Welfare Law’s Effect on Welfare Recipients and on Housing Programs and Their Participants	Sep-96
Not-So-New Proposals for Section 8 Program Restructuring	May-97
Packet Available on Training and Earned Income Disregards	Apr-98
Perspectives on the Future of Legal Services Housing Advocacy	Mar-97
PHAs May Apply to Substitute Site-Based for Centralized Waiting Lists	Mar-97
Preservation Crisis Mounts: HUD and Congress Respond	Apr-99
Preservation Issue Heats Up in Congress	Jul-99
Preserving Federally Assisted Housing at the State and Local Level: A Legislative Tool Kit	Oct-99
President Signs Extender Legislation	Apr-96
Proposed Changes to the Brooke Amendment Will Not Work	Jun-96
Proposed FY 1998 Funding for HUD and USDA Low-Income Housing Programs	Feb-97
Proposed New Restrictions on Occupancy in Designated Housing and Changes in Public and Section 8 Housing Lease Termination and Expedited Grievance Procedure	Nov-95
Recent HUD Notices	Mar-97
Recent HUD Notices and Regulations	Apr-98
Recent HUD Regulations and Notices	May-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Jan-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Feb-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Jul-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Aug-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Sep-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Oct-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Dec-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Jul-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Aug-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Sep-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Oct-97
Recent Regulations and Notices	Jan-98
Recent Regulations and Notices	Feb-98
Recent Regulations and Notices	Mar-98
Recently Issued HUD Regulations and Notices	Apr-97
Section 8 Expirations: Housing Resource Up for Grabs	Jul-97
Section 8 Renewal and Restructuring: Working at the State Level	Mar-98
Section 8 Renewals Pose Extraordinary FY 1998 Budget Challenge	Dec-96
Section 8 Restructuring Program Finally Approved	Oct-97
Section 8 Vouchers: Effect of Payment Standard at 90%, 100%, and 110% of Fair Market Rent	Jan-00
Senate and House Appropriations Committees Approve HUD Funding for FY 1999	Jul-98
Senate Banking Committee Reports Public Housing Revisions to Full Senate: Early Summer Vote Possible	Jun-97
Senate Issues Concept Paper on Section 8 Portfolio Restructuring	Jun-96
Senate Proposes Limited "Mark to Market" Demonstration for Section 8 Projects	Oct-95
Senate Takes More Moderate Approach to Public Housing Revisions	Apr-97
Senate’s Housing Bill Would Repeal Good Cause for Eviction Protection	Dec-97
Status of HUD’s “Mark-to-Market” Proposal Remains Uncertain	Aug-95
Streamlining and Consolidating HUD’s Regulations	Apr-96
Tenant-Based Section 8 Renewal Rule	Jan-00
Tenant-Based Section 8 Renewal Rule Changed	Nov/Dec 99
Tenant Not Responsible for PHA Portion of Rent Payment	Mar-99
The Brooke Amendment Should Not Be Repealed	Feb-96
“The Housing Disaster That’s Not Being Fixed”: A Critique	Aug-96
The Moving-to-Work Demonstration: What Housing Programs Can Do to Help Welfare Recipients Make the Transition to Work	Apr-98
The New Section 8 Renewal and Restructuring Program: An In-Depth Review	Nov-97
Update on “One Strike and You’re Out”: HUD Issues Notice Implementing the Extension Act	Jul-96
Welfare-to-Work Vouchers: Making Welfare Work	May-98
What Is Congress Doing on Housing? A Legislative Update	Aug-97
What Is Congress Doing on Housing? A Legislative Update	Aug-97
Who’s Waiting in Line for Public and Subsidized Housing?	Mar-98
Why Does the Section 8 Budget Estimate Keep Changing?	May-98