I spent the last 3 days at the VAR Property Management Coalition Conference and one of the DISCOURAGING topics that was discussed was by attorney Chip Dicks who is representing 2 property owners who have had fair housing complaints filed against them when they were only following the Keating Memo of the late 90s.
The Keating memo is a HUD document that has been the guideline for occupancy standards where fair housing agencies have gotten occupancy complaints. ?2 persons per bedroom has been the guideline for almost 15 years.
http://www.fairhousingrights.org/Resources/HUD_Guidance/keating_memo.PDF
A VA fair housing agency * HOME * Housing Opportunity Made Equal * has filed complaints based on the # of occupants per bedroom indicating that the Keating memo should be IGNORED and that the VIRGINIA Building Codes should rule and in Virginia, the building code says 1 person per 50 square feet.
Many states have a substantial equivalency requirement in their fair housing efforts meaning that they follow the HUD/Federal guidelines UNLESS they have additional protected classes or regulations governing their state fair housing act.
These 2 fair housing complaints are 1) outside the guidelines of the Keating memo; and 2) could have dire consequences for the state's rental housing industry if these owners are found to be in violation and the housing code guidelines become the NEW guidelines.
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...so if you don't know your local or state housing code, you might want to double check on their suggestion for the square footage per person and be aware of the potential for this as the basis of a fair housing complaint.
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Wallace S. Gibson, CPM * GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
Central Virginia
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