Greg Proctor, affordable housing veteran and founder of Lumina Compliance, will present the Lunch and Learn webinar series in September, October and November. The next webinar is scheduled for Sept. 12 at 12 p.m. EST and will cover Accessibility Plans and Tax Credit Properties. The webinar series is free and is open to owners, investors, agents, and other multifamily housing professionals.

HUD, RD, FHA Agencies, and the DOJ received 31,216 Fair Housing complaints in 2021. What can you do to avoid this? Read Lumina’s latest blog post to find out.

Yes, Tax Credit properties need to be in compliance with ADA, Fair Housing and Section 504. This webinar will focus in on Accessibility Plans and issues facing Tax Credit properties when it comes to ADA, Fair Housing, and Section 504 compliance.

According to HUD, “most entities are subject to more than one federal accessibility law and architectural standard in the operation of their housing services, programs, and activities.” Lumina Compliance explains Accessibility laws and talks about why a Physical Accessibility Inspection might be beneficial to multifamily properties.

Happy July 4th from Lumina Compliance. As you celebrate with family and friends, join us in reflecting on three reasons to be thankful. We are thankful for the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Amendments Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Read why we’re thankful for these protections on our blog.

On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the pending publication of the Final Inspection Standards Notice for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) in the Federal Register. Lumina Compliance walks you through some of the in’s and out’s in this post.

Lumina Compliance’s team has now done more than 15,000 Physical Inspections. We can do an Accessibility Inspection for you too to make sure you are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.

In October 2022, the Journal & Courier newspaper in Lafayette, Indiana, reported on lawsuits involving properties in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. These properties had ADA lawsuits brought against them by a law firm in Richardson, Texas. There are 887 miles between Tippecanoe County and Richardson, Texas.

We all know that our properties need to be in compliance with ADA, Section 504 and Fair Housing. Here are five things you can do right now to get started on the road toward compliance.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register. HUD is considering revising the Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) implementing regulation at 24 C.F.R. part 8 and requests public comment to assist HUD in considering potential revisions.