- HUD released list of grants for 6,400 homeless housing and service programs worth $1.6 billion to address housing and support services for homeless individuals and families.
- HUD is considering new rule that would address over-income tenants in public housing, where individuals’ incomes have increased over the threshold for public housing since their initial admission.
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Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
- The Second Circuit threw out the district court’s ruling that an insurer did not improperly deny coverage to a couple whose house collapsed because it claimed that the district court judge misconstrued a clause in the policy.
- Quicken Loans filed a motion to dismiss in False Claims Act suit for improperly underwriting mortgages.
- Mission Peak Capital filed a complaint claiming that American Capital Ltd. cannot back out of $52 million mortgage-backed securities deal.
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its Family Options Study, which looked at permanent housing subsidies, project-based transitional housing, and community-based rapid rehousing for their impacts on housing interventions.
- The U.S. Labor Department found that in February 2016, the United States added 242,000 jobs and the employment rate remained at 4.9 percent.
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup
- The National Housing conference (NHC) released report on anchor institutions finding that they offer support to communities and economic development, such as job opportunities, resources, and goods and services.
- The Center for American Progress released a report finding that discrimination continues to affect communities of color, specifically in housing, infrastructure, health, and education.
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
- Spillover Effects of Continuous Forbearance Mortgages, Kadiri Karamon, Douglas A. McManus & Elias Yannopoulos.
- Structure Depreciation and the Production of Real Estate Services, Jiro Yoshida.
- Decentralized, Disruptive, and On Demand: How the Sharing Economy Will Re-Shape Local Government, Stephen R. Miller, Ohio State Law Journal, Forthcoming.
- ‘Foaming the Runway’ for Homeowners: U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Preserving Homeownership in the Wake of the Affordable Modification Program, Linda E. Coco, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Vol. 23, 2015.
- Community Lawyering: Introductory Thoughts on Theory and Practice, Michael Diamond, 22 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy 395.
- Assessing the Effect of Airbnb on the Washington DC Housing Market, Nicholas Pairolero.
- Mitigating Climate Change by Zoning for Solar Energy Systems: Embracing Clean Energy Technology in Zoning’s Centennial Year, John R. Nolon, Zoning & Planning Law Report, Dec. 2015.
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
- The ACTION Campaign submitted a letter to Congress requesting it expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
- Senators Patrick Leahy and Chris Coons, and Representative Marcia Fudge released Dear Colleague letters in support of robust funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HUD and several other agencies announced targeted program support for State Medicaid-Housing Agency Partnerships.
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
- The New York Court of Appeals reinstated suit against Donald Trump for defrauding customers of Trump University finding that the state did not take too long to bring suit.
- The Battery Park City Authority pled to the Second Circuit to not revive claims against licensed asbestos handlers responsible for cleanup work near Ground Zero, arguing that the claims are time barred.
- New York federal judge did not dismiss class action brought by a Belgian investment fund against Bank of New York Mellon for failing as trustee in $1.2 billion in residential mortgage-backed securities.
