Jun 26, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a local housing policy that has a “disparate impact” on minorities is actionable under the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), even if the impact was unintentional. In Texas Department of Housing v. the Inclusive Communities...
Jun 22, 2015
On June 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development updated and clarified the rules governing the Rental Assistance Demonstration (“RAD”) program. Click here for more information.
Jun 19, 2015
The California Supreme Court on June 15, 2015, in California Building Industry Ass’n (“BIA”) v. City of San Jose, held that local ordinances requiring a proportion of new housing to be affordable may be justified so long as they bear a reasonable relationship to the...
Jun 16, 2015
On June 15, 2015, the United States Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) announced the awardees of New Markets Tax Credits (“NMTC”) for the 2014 NMTC round. The Treasury awarded a total of $3.5 billion of NMTC to 76 community development...
May 12, 2015
Lakeside Senior Housing, a 92-unit affordable senior housing development just off Lake Merritt in Oakland developed by Satellite Affordable Housing Associates, AveVista, a 68-unit affordable project across from Lakeside Park developed by BRIDGE Housing Corporation,...
Mar 4, 2015
On March 2, 2015, in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley, the California Supreme Court held that the potential to cause a significant environmental effect was not an “unusual circumstance” that would prevent the City of Berkeley’s use...
