HUD Guidance: Housing Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals and Families (July 1, 2010)

This guidance provides that while the federal Fair Housing Act does not specifically include sexual orientation or gender identity as prohibited bases for housing discrimination, an LGBT person’s experience with housing discrimination may still be prohibited by the Act. The guidance provides illustrative examples and a link to file a housing discrimination complaint on line. [Download.]

ACIN I-45-10: TANF Failure To Meet Work Participation Rate Requirements In Federal Fiscal Year 2008 (6/16/10)

The word is in from the feds: California (1) was
successful in meeting the 90% two-parent WPR requirement and (2) failed to meet the 50% All Families rate for FFY 2008. After caseload reduction credits, CA was only 3.9% away from meeting the all-family rate. Close but no cigar, so the penalty pass-on to the counties has been triggered. DSS, after finding no basis to challenge the finding, has decided to claim “reasonable cause” in order to mitigate the penalties. More to come… [Download]