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About ten years ago, while she was working in rural Appalachia, Stacy Epperson became acutely aware of the need for quality affordable housing. Recognizing this need, Epperson began to explore [...]

On July 23, 2020, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), Ben Carson, intends to terminate a five-year-old regulation known as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (“AFFH”) and [...]

While COVID has certainly slowed down a lot of government activity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continues its work regarding Fair Housing Act enforcement. For those that [...]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has settled two Fair Housing Act cases and filed one new case. The descriptions below are from press releases issued by HUD. While the cases [...]

This month HUD has settled two Fair Housing cases.  In the first case, it was alleged that the owners and operators of certain rental units discriminated against families with children “by [...]

A major challenge facing owners and operators of manufactured home communities involves reasonable accommodations for service and assistance animals under the Fair Housing Act.  Sixty percent of [...]

Russellville, Alabama – This week Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Ben Carson embarked on a national bus tour focused on regulatory barriers to affordable housing called the [...]

It is a situation that nearly every manufactured home community in the country has faced. A resident  presents the manager with a certificate they purchased on-line declaring that an animal in [...]

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) starts its fall session with a long list of cases to consider. One case, with an odd set of facts, is attempting to overturn a long-standing decision [...]

As General Counsel for the Manufactured Housing Institute, the industry’s largest trade association, I spend a great deal of time dealing with issues relative to the Fair Housing Act. Passed [...]