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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 400 NORTH COLUMBUS STREET, #203 |
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City | ALEXANDRIA |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22314 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 46324-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: KRISTINA C. COOK |
Date | 1/16/2015 12:34:06 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 5495: Preserving Multifamily Housing Act of 2014; all provisions.
H.R. 4146: Preservation, Enhancement and Savings Opportunity Act of 2014. A bill to amend the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990; all provisions.
S.1217 - Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013: A bill to provide secondary mortgage market reform, and for other purposes; all provisions.
H.R.2767 - Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act of 2013: A bill to protect American taxpayers and homeowners by creating a sustainable housing finance system for the 21st century; all provisions.
H.R. 5055 - Partnership to Strengthen Homeownership Act of 2014; A bill to reform the housing finance system of the United States, and for other purposes; all provisions.
House Budget Committee Discussion Draft,"Expanding Opportunity in America," July 24, 2014; all provisions in Chapters 1 and 5 which affect federal affordable multifamily housing and rental assistance programs.
Advocated for Section 8 and Rental Assistance Reform consistent with the April 13, 2012 House Financial Services Committee Discussion Draft Legislation, Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012: A bill to reform affordable housing programs and the provision of supportive services under the United States Housing Act of 1937; all provisions [not introduced during reporting period].
Offered preliminary policy recommendations that would achieve cost savings in the management & operation of federally assisted multifamily housing by: Eliminating Costs Unique to Affordable Housing; Performing Income Certifications Once for All Programs; Using Federal Tax Returns for Rent Calculations; Track, Enforce and Prevent Repeat Payment Agreements; Reduce the frequency of Management Occupancy Reviews (MORs); and examine the feasiblity of reducing or eliminating interim income recertifications.
The White House Domestic Policy Council Rental Policy Working Groups "Federal Rental Alignment-Administrative Proposals, December 31, 2011; all provisions (to better align the operation of federal rental programs and policies across the Administration) with specific emphasis on the Physical Inspection Pilot Program (for mixed-financed properties).
All policies, funding and administrative issues related to management, production & preservation of affordable multifamily housing subject to HUD, USDA-RHS, and Treasury-IRS regulations.
HUD Final Rule, "The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA): Changes to the Section 8 Tenant-Based Voucher and Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Programs,"[Docket No. FR-5242-F-02] June 25, 2014; all provisions.
HUD Proposed Rule, "Supportive Housing and Services for the Elderly and Persons With
Disabilities: Implementing Statutory Reforms;[Docket No. FR-5576-P-01] October 7, 2014; all provisions.
HUD Proposed Rule,"Supportive Housing and Services for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities:Implementing Statutory Reforms-Reopening of Public Comment" [Docket No. FR-5576-N-02], Dec 11, 2014; all provisions.
HUD Notice H-2014-14,"Transferring Budget Authority of a Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contract under Section 8(bb)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937," October 9, 2014; all provisions.
HUD Notice [Docket No. FR-5720-N-01] "The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD Programs," August 6, 2013; all provisions.
HUD's "Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan (AFHMP)-Multifamily Housing" Form HUD-935.2A (12/2011); all provisions.
Title 24 CFR Part 200, Subpart M-Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations; all provisions of this HUD regulation for Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing requirements in HUD's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) multifamily housing programs.
Title 24 CFR Part 8, Subpart C-Program Accessibility; all provisions of this HUD regulation which require nondiscrimination based on Handicap in HUD's FHA multifamily assisted properties with emphasis on 8.22 New construction-housing facilities, 8.23 Alterations of existing housing facilities, 8.32 Accessibility standards and 8.33 Housing adjustments.
Title 24 CFR Part 100, Subpart D - Prohibition Against Discrimination Because of Handicap; all provisions of this HUD Regulation with emphasis on requirements for rental properties in 100.203 Reasonable modifications of existing premises, 100.204 Reasonable accommodations, and 100.205 Design and construction requirements.
HUD Initiative "Transforming Multifamily for the 21st Century"; all provisions.
HUD Report "Multifamily Housing Transformation," 2014; all provisions.
HUD "Revised Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide for Public Comment," February 28, 2014; all provisions, especially Chapter 9, Section 9-23 Special Procedures When An RCS [Rent Comparability Study] Shows That A Projects Median Market Rent Exceeds 110 Percent Of the Median Gross Rent For The Projects Zip Code.
HUD Notice "Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program-Demonstration Project of Small Area Fair Market Rents in Certain Metropolitan Areas, Discussion of Comments, and Request for Participation," [Docket No. FR-5413-N-02] April 20, 2011; all provisions.
HUD Notice, "Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 2015"[Docket No. FR-5807-N-03]; October 3, 2014; all provisions.
HUD Handbook 4350.1 REV-2, Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing; all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Chapter 11.1 Multifamily Emergency Disaster Assistance;" all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Chapter 12.9 Prepayment of Section 202 Loans" all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Guide to Units, Chapters, Section Headings & Subheadings;" all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Chapter 3.7 Preventing Defaults and Assignments;" all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Chapter 12.10 Tax Credits and Subsidy Layering;" all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Chapter 3.4 Insurance and Loss Drafts;" all provisions.
Re-write of HUD Handbook 4350.1 Multifamily Housing Asset Management & Servicing draft "Chapter 9.1 Transfers of Physical Assets;" all provisions.
HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1: Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, November 2013; all provisions.
HUD Notice H 2013-06 Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System March 8, 2013; all provisions.
Title 24 CFR Part 5 Subpart B-Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers; Procedures for Obtaining Income Information; all provisions of this HUD regulations, with emphasis on 5.233 Mandated use of HUD's Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System.
HUD's Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS) Release 2.0.2.(d); all provisions and policies concerning collection of repayment agreement information between tenants and assisted property owners.
All policies related to HUD's: Real Estate Assessment Center scoring and procedures for HUD-assisted and/or FHA insured properties; 2530 previous participation certification policies and submission procedures; Enterprise Income Verification system; Management and Occupancy Review for owners and management agents, "Workload Sharing" pilot programs, "Sustaining our Investments" Initiative and service coordinator program.
USDA-RHS Unnumbered Letter "Underwriting Guidance for Transfer and [Multi-Family Housing Preservation & Revitalization]MPR Multi-Family Housing Transactions," September 30, 2013; all provisions.
USDA-Rural Development Procedure Notice 472, September 29, 2014; all provisions of INSERT RD HB-2-3560 MFH ASSET MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK Chapter 3 Attachment 3-F (RD Handbook Changes, Revision to HB-2-3650 Attachment 3-F to reflect increases in Fiscal Year 2015 Management Fees).
Offered recommendations in response to USDA-RHS' informal request for ideas to implement a performance-based management fee for apartments that receive Rural Rental Assistance.
USDA- Rural Development Administrative Notice RD AN No. 4747 (1944-N) "Implementation of 42 U.S.C. 14043e-11 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act in Rural Developments Multi-Family Housing Programs," February 10, 2014; all provisions.
Advocated for policies to address ongoing occupancy issues, including prolonged vacancies, in properties that participate in USDA-RHS's Multifamily Housing programs.
Advocated for policies to address improper payments in USDA-RHS's Section 521 Rural Rental Assistance program.
All policies related to USDA Rural Development's Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) audit for the Rental Assistance Program, Multi-Family Integrated System and its findings reviews, and rural housing preservation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 1347: Conference Accountability Act of 2013. To provide transparency, accountability, and limitations of Government sponsored conferences; all provisions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.83 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015. Division A Title III-all provisions concerning Rural Housing Service affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs. Division K Title II-all provisions concerning HUD affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs.
H.R. 4800: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015. TITLE III-all provisions concerning Rural Housing Service affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs.
S. 2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015. TITLE III- all provisions under Rural Housing Service related to affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs.
H.R.4745: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015. TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT- all provisions related to HUD affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs.
House Report 113-464 - DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015: Title II--all provisions related to HUD funding & administration of the project-based Section 8 program, Section 8 performance-based contract administration program & HUD's Initiative "Transforming Multifamily for the 21st Century" plan for reorganization of its multifamily offices and field structure.
S. 2438: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015. TITLE II- all provisions related to HUD affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs.
Senate Report 113-182 - TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015: TITLE II, all provisions related to HUD funding & administration of the project-based Section 8 program, Section 8 performance-based contract administration program & HUD's Initiative "Transforming Multifamily for the 21st Century" plan for reorganization of its multifamily offices and field structure.
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2015; all provisions relating to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) -Rural Housing Service (RHS) funding and administration of affordable multifamily housing and rental assistance programs and Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposals related to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit(LIHTC)& bond-financed multifamily housing programs. (Continued).
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016; all provisions relating to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) project-based Section 8 program. (not introduced during reporting period.)
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016; all provisions related to project-based Section 8 program. (not introduced during reporting period.)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.2723: Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2014. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for purposes of the low income housing tax credit; all provisions.
S. 1442: Improving the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings; all provisions.
H.R.4717: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program; all provisions.
S.2260: Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act of 2014. TITLE I, Subtitle B, Sec. 112-Extension and modification of temporary minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for non-federally subsidized buildings; all provisions.
H.R. 5771: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014. Division A Title 1 Sec. 112. Extension of temporary minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for non-federally subsidized buildings; all provisions.
Draft bill from Rep. David Camp, "Tax Reform Act of 2014" to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for comprehensive tax reform. TITLE III, all provisions of Section 3204 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. [not introduced during reporting period.]
IRS Notice 2014-18, "Public Comment Invited on Recommendations for 2014-2015 Priority Guidance Plan," [Docket ID: IRS-2014-0011], March 21, 2014; all provisions. [Urged action on the Utility Allowances Submetering Proposed Rule and Casualty Loss Policies.]
IRS [RIN 1545-B191] Proposed Rule "Utility Allowances Submetering," August 7, 2012; all provisions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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