In deciding who to accept as new tenants, landlords typically use four kinds of screening criteria: previous rental history (including evictions), previous criminal history, credit scores, and whether the applicant meets a minimum income test. In the...
Across the country, many privately owned HUD-financed affordable apartment complexes include partial or 100% project-based Section 8 contracts which provide rent subsidies for the lowest income tenants. When those Section 8 contracts come up for renewal,...
There are few things more heartbreaking than when a family waits for years to get a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) but then has to give it up when they can’t find a landlord willing to accept a voucher. This is also a shame because Section 8...
On October 19, 2017, Federal District Court Judge Ann Montgomery granted preliminary approval to the class action settlement in the Crossroads Apartments lawsuit. Defendant owners of Crossroads (now called Concierge) will pay the plaintiff tenants $650,000 and will...
One form of “naturally occurring/unsubsidized” affordable housing comes in the form of manufactured home park communities. These communities often provide quite affordable housing, with no public subsidies, and with a number of them located in “high opportunity”...
Today Judge Ann Montgomery signed the order granting a Motion for Preliminary Approval of the case (click for a copy). On September 29, 2017 a group of former Richfield, Minnesota residents, from the 698 unit apartment complex called Crossroads at Penn, filed court...
