Monthly Archives: September 2020

Counsel’s Corner Special – Final Rule or Final Word? HUD Finalizes New Disparate Impact Regulation; Statutorily Mandated Designation of Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2021

BROADCAST EMAIL – Regulatory Update 1)  Counsel’s Corner Special – Final Rule or Final Word? HUD Finalizes New Disparate Impact Regulation On September 24, HUD published a Final Rule entitled, “HUD’s Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard” in the Federal Register. Below, Harry J. Kelly, Esq., Partner at Nixon Peabody, LLP (CARH’s…

August/September 2020 Edition of CARH News

CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – CARH News The August/September 2020 digital edition of CARH News, the Council for Affordable and Rural Housing’s (CARH) bimonthly digital newsletter, is now available online on CARH’s website, www.carh.org, or for viewing by clicking here. In this issue, you will find: PPP Loans and Hidden Tax Consequences CARH’s Executive Director on…

Stakeholder Letter to Congress in Response to Eviction Moratorium and Lack of Rental Assistance

CARH Broadcast Email—Legislative Update   As you know from CARH’s broadcast email yesterday, the Trump Administration, through the Centers for Disease Control, issued an Agency Order that imposes a moratorium on evictions, nation-wide, through at least December 31, 2020. The order is effective tomorrow, September 4th. This moratorium, together with Congress’ failure to act on…

Eviction Moratorium Ordered Through December 31, 2020

BROADCAST EMAIL – Regulatory Update The Trump Administration, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last night issued a sweeping Agency Order (Order) preventing all residential landlords in the United States from evicting any resident for the duration of the COVID-19, at least until December 31, 2020.  American Samoa is exempted because there have been…