Explore Our Catalog of Topics Available for Live Sessions
All sessions can be presented live, either in-person or by live interactive webinar.
Sessions that are also available as part of online on-demand courses are so noted.
Low Income Housing Tax Credit
Tax Credit Comprehensives
NEW! NOW with the optional ONLINE HCCP exam!
Time Options Available | 12 hours + exam
Attendees learn:
- All of the testable areas for the HCCP exam.
- The key players in a tax credit deal, how tax credits are calculated, and why it matters to our daily jobs.
- Special details on income and rent limits, annual recertification, the available unit and vacant unit rules.
- Overview of how to qualify households for tax credit units through accurate student status and income determinations.
- State compliance monitoring requirements.
- Principles of successfully combining tax credits with other housing programs.
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE HCCP HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Overview - Students, Income, and Assets
Time Options Available | 3 or 8-hours
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The restrictions that apply to students.
- The income and asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Earned & Unearned Income
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The earned and unearned income categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Assets
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The asset categories, and how common examples' values and income are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Real Estate Income
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why real estate affects income.
- How to calculate various asset values and income related to real estate.
- How assets disposed-of and imputed asset income may relate to real estate.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with Other Programs
Multiple Editions Available: HOME | HUD Multifamily | Rural Development | NHTF
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit properties with other programs.
Tax Credit Focus | Avoiding Costly Tax Credit File Errors
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- A list of common errors found in real audits and how to identify when these present a risk.
- How to fix common errors.
- How to develop systems to avoid errors.
Tax Credit Focus | Confidently Handle the Next Available and Vacant Unit Rules
Time Options Available| 1.5-hour
Attendees learn:
- How tax credit recertification rules vary by property type.
- What the tax credit Available Unit Rule says and how to apply it in the real world. Understand simple and complex examples.
- What the tax credit Vacant Unit Rule says and how to apply it in the real world. Understand simple and complex examples.
Tax Credit Focus | Understanding the Minimum Set-Aside
NEW! NOW full coverage of the new Average Income Test set-aside!
Time Options Available| 1, 2 or 3-hour
Attendees learn:
- How the minimum set-aside works and why this is vital to understand.
- How to understand the traditional set-asides (20-50, 25-60, & 40-60).
- How the Average Income Test set-aside works.
Tax Credit Focus | Compliance for Successful Tax Credit Acquisition / Rehab or Resyndication
Time Options Available| 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- How acq / rehabs compare and contrast with new construction tax credit deals.
- How to plan to maximize credits when qualifying households for an acq / rehab.
- Guidance the IRS has given for resyndication, and how it should be applied in the real world.
Tax Credit Focus | Setting Up an Effective Tax Credit Compliance Calendar
Time Options Available | 1.5 or 3-hour
Attendees learn:
- A thorough list of tax credit rules that involve timelines and why it is vital to meet these.
- Practical ways a calendar can be effectively set up and strengths and weaknesses of paper, digital, and combination options.
Tax Credit Focus | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Recertification Rules
Time Options Available | 2 or 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why recertification is necessary for different programs.
- Specific recertification requirements for each program.
- How to design systems to stay in compliance with recert requirements.
Affordable Housing | Students
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why the two types of student rules exist.
- HUD Section 8 and students, and how the Section 8 rules apply to RD and HOME properties.
- Tax credit and tax-exempt bonds and students.
- Section 8 student financial assistance as income and RD, HOME and tax credit varients.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Utility Allowances
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why UAs matter as a matter of fairness.
- UAs at subsidized properties: HUD Multifamily and RD.
- UAs at nonsubsidized properties: tax credit, HOME and National HTF.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | A Compliance Professionals' Intensive Event
Time Options Available | 8-hour
NOTE: This is an annual event that Costello sponsors, but it is also available for private groups.
Attendees will learn:
- Overview: How to be a successful compliance professional. Perfect for individuals and compliance teams.
- How to set up reference libraries, calendars, and other vital tools to be successful at managing housing compliance.
- Using recent housing compliance changes to demonstrate dynamic housing compliance systems.
- How to know WHY you do the things you do while defeating the killer phrase "we've always done it that way."
HOME Funds
HOME Fundamentals | Multifamily Rental Compliance
with Optional Online Costello HOME Exam
Time Options Available | 8 or 12-hour
- All of the testable areas for Costello's Online HOME exam.
- The key players for a HOME property and why it matters to our daily jobs.
- Special rules: income and rent limits, fixed and floating HOME, high- and low-HOME, leasing, 504, and affirmative marketing.
- How to qualify households for HOME units.
- Annual recertification rules and how to handle increases of household income.
- PJ compliance monitoring requirements.
- Principles of successfully combining HOME with tax credits.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Overview - Students, Income, and Assets
Versions available | 3 or 8-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The restrictions that apply to students.
- The income and asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Earned & Unearned Income
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The earned and unearned categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Assets
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples values and income are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Deductions and Adjusted-Income-Based Rent
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The allowable deductions, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated to determine adjusted annual income and rent.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Real Estate Income
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why real estate affects income.
- How to calculate various asset values and income related to real estate.
- How assets disposed-of and imputed asset income may relate to real estate.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Focus HOME | Avoiding Costly HOME File Errors
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- A list of common errors found in real audits and how to identify when these present a risk.
- How to fix common errors.
- How to develop systems to avoid errors.
Focus HOME | Confidently Handle HOME Increase of Income Rules
Time Options Available| 1.5-hour
Attendees learn:
- HOME basics: fixed and floating and high and low HOME units.
- How HOME recertification rules vary by property type.
- What the HOME Rules say about increases of household income and how to apply it in the real world. Understand simple and complex examples.
HOME Focus | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Recertification Rules
Time Options Available | 2 or 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why recertification is necessary for different programs.
- Specific recertification requirements for each program.
- How to design systems to stay in compliance with recert requirements.
Affordable Housing | Students
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why the two types of student rules exist.
- HUD Section 8 and students, and how the Section 8 rules apply to RD and HOME properties.
- Tax credit and tax-exempt bonds and students.
- Section 8 student financial assistance as income and RD, HOME and tax credit varients.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Utility Allowances
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why UAs matter as a matter of fairness.
- UAs at subsidized properties: HUD Multifamily and RD.
- UAs at nonsubsidized properties: tax credit, HOME and National HTF.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
HUD Multifamily
HUD Multifamily | Compliance Fundamentals
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 8-hour
- The key players for a HUD property and why it matters to our daily jobs.
- Tour of the HUD Handbook 4350.3.
- Special income and rent limits, leasing, 504, and affirmative marketing rules.
- Annual recertification and increases of income.
- How to qualify households for HUD units.
- HUD compliance monitoring requirements.
- Principles of successfully combining HUD with other programs.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Overview - Students, Income, and Assets
Versions available | 3 or 8-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The restrictions that apply to students.
- The income and asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Earned & Unearned Income
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The earned and unearned categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Assets
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples values and income are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Deductions and Adjusted-Income-Based Rent
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The allowable deductions, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated to determine adjusted annual income and rent.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Real Estate Income
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why real estate affects income.
- How to calculate various asset values and income related to real estate.
- How assets disposed-of and imputed asset income may relate to real estate.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Focus HUD | Understanding EIV Reports
Versions available | 1.5 or 3-hour
Attendees learn:
- A history of EIV and what it accomplishes.
- How to ensure secure processes.
- Important details about each of the EIV Income and verification reports and handling discrepancies.
Focus HUD | Preparing for a HUD MOR / Avoiding Costly HUD File Errors
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- A review of steps to prepare for a HUD MOR.
- A list of common errors found in real audits and how to identify when these present a risk.
- How to fix common errors.
- Developing systems to avoid errors.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with HUD
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / HUD properties.
HUD Focus | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Recertification Rules
Time Options Available | 2 or 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why recertification is necessary for different programs.
- Specific recertification requirements for each program.
- How to design systems to stay in compliance with recert requirements.
Affordable Housing | Students
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why the two types of student rules exist.
- HUD Section 8 and students, and how the Section 8 rules apply to RD and HOME properties.
- Tax credit and tax-exempt bonds and students.
- Section 8 student financial assistance as income and RD, HOME and tax credit varients.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Utility Allowances
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why UAs matter as a matter of fairness.
- UAs at subsidized properties: HUD Multifamily and RD.
- UAs at nonsubsidized properties: tax credit, HOME and National HTF.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Rural Development
Rural Development | Compliance Fundamentals
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, and 8-hour
- The key players for an RD property and why they matter to our daily jobs.
- Tour of the RD Handbook HB-2-3560
- Special rules: income and rent limits, leasing, 504, and affirmative marketing.
- Annual recertification and increases of income.
- How to qualify households for RD units.
- RD compliance monitoring requirements.
- Principles of successfully combining RD with other programs.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Overview - Students, Income, and Assets
Versions available | 3-hour or 1-day
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The restrictions that apply to students.
- The income and asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Earned & Unearned Income
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The earned and unearned categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Assets
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples values and income are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Deductions and Adjusted-Income-Based Rent
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The allowable deductions, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated to determine adjusted annual income and rent.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Focus RD | Avoiding Costly RD File Errors
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- A list of common errors found in real audits and how to identify when these present a risk.
- How to fix common errors.
- Developing systems to avoid errors.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with RD
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / RD properties.
RD Focus | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Recertification Rules
Time Options Available | 2 or 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why recertification is necessary for different programs.
- Specific recertification requirements for each program.
- How to design systems to stay in compliance with recert requirements.
Affordable Housing | Students
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why the two types of student rules exist.
- HUD Section 8 and students, and how the Section 8 rules apply to RD and HOME properties.
- Tax credit and tax-exempt bonds and students.
- Section 8 student financial assistance as income and RD, HOME and tax credit varients.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Utility Allowances
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why UAs matter as a matter of fairness.
- UAs at subsidized properties: HUD Multifamily and RD.
- UAs at nonsubsidized properties: tax credit, HOME and National HTF.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
National Housing Trust Fund
National Housing Trust Fund | Compliance Fundamentals
Time Options Available | 1.5 hour
Attendees will learn:
- Where the rules for the NHTF are found.
- How to compare and contrast the NHTF and HOME programs.
- A review of the NHTF federal rules.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with National HTF
Time Options Available | 1.5 hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / HTF properties.
National HTF Focus | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Multiple Programs Combined
Multiple Program Compliance | Overview
Time Options Available | 3 or 8-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with HUD
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / HUD properties.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with Rural Development
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / RD properties.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with HOME
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / HOME properties.
Multiple Program Compliance | Tax Credit with National HTF
Time Options Available | 1.5 hour
Attendees learn:
- Where to find various program rules, and how to research issues as they arise.
- A system to use when determining which rules to follow at properties with multiple programs.
- Sorting specific issues found at tax credit / HTF properties.
Multiple Program Compliance | Avoiding Costly File Errors
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3 or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- A list of common errors found in real audits and how to identify when these present a risk.
- How to fix common errors.
- Developing systems to avoid errors.
Affordable Housing | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Recertification Rules
Time Options Available | 2 or 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why recertification is necessary for different programs.
- Specific recertification requirements for each program.
- How to design systems to stay in compliance with recert requirements.
Affordable Housing | Students
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why the two types of student rules exist.
- HUD Section 8 and students, and how the Section 8 rules apply to RD and HOME properties.
- Tax credit and tax-exempt bonds and students.
- Section 8 student financial assistance as income and RD, HOME and tax credit varients.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Utility Allowances
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why UAs matter as a matter of fairness.
- UAs at subsidized properties: HUD Multifamily and RD.
- UAs at nonsubsidized properties: tax credit, HOME and National HTF.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Overview - Students, Income, and Assets
Time Options Available | 3-hour or 1-day
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The restrictions that apply to students.
- The income and asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Earned & Unearned Income
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The earned and unearned categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Assets
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples values and income are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Deductions and Adjusted-Income-Based Rent
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The allowable deductions, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated to determine adjusted annual income and rent.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
General Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing | A Compliance Professionals' Intensive Event
Time Options Available | 8-hour
NOTE: This is an annual event that Costello sponsors, but it is also available for private groups.
Attendees will learn:
- Overview: How to be a successful compliance professional. Perfect for individuals and compliance teams.
- How to set up reference libraries, calendars, and other vital tools to be successful at managing housing compliance.
- Using recent housing compliance changes to demonstrate dynamic housing compliance systems.
- How to know WHY you do the things you do while defeating the killer phrase "we've always done it that way."
Affordable Housing | Understanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why VAWA is necessary and how it relates to Fair Housing.
- The key provisions of VAWA.
- How VAWA works for different covered housing programs.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Recertification Rules
Time Options Available | 2 or 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why recertification is necessary for different programs.
- Specific recertification requirements for each program.
- How to design systems to stay in compliance with recert requirements.
Affordable Housing | Students in Affordable Housing
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why the two types of student rules exist.
- HUD Section 8 and students, and how the Section 8 rules apply to RD and HOME properties.
- Tax credit and tax-exempt bonds and students.
- Section 8 student financial assistance as income and RD, HOME and tax credit varients.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Utility Allowances
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why UAs matter as a matter of fairness.
- UAs at subsidized properties: HUD Multifamily and RD.
- UAs at nonsubsidized properties: tax credit, HOME and National HTF.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Affordable Housing | Avoiding Costly File Errors
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- A list of common errors found in real audits and how to identify when these present a risk.
- How to fix common errors.
- Developing systems to avoid errors.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Overview - Students, Income, and Assets
Time Options Available | 3-hour or 1-day
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The restrictions that apply to students.
- The income and asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
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Succeed at Qualifying Households | Earned & Unearned Income
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The earned and unearned categories, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated.
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Succeed at Qualifying Households | Assets
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or, 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The asset categories, and how commonly encountered examples values and income are calculated.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Succeed at Qualifying Households | Deductions and Adjusted-Income-Based Rent
Versions available | 1.5, 3, or 4-hour
Attendees learn:
- Where the fundamental rules relating to qualifying households come from and how to research these.
- The allowable deductions, and how commonly encountered examples are calculated to determine adjusted annual income and rent.
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Succeed at Qualifying Households | Real Estate Income
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- Why real estate affects income.
- How to calculate various asset values and income related to real estate.
- How assets disposed-of and imputed asset income may relate to real estate.
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Fair Housing
Fair Housing Fundamentals | Owner/Agent Edition
Time Options Available | 1.5, 3, or 8 hour
Attendees will learn:
- A brief history of the Fair Housing Act.
- How to remember the federal Fair Housing protected classes.
- What NOT to do. The prohibited acts under the Fair Housing Act and how to avoid violations.
- What to DO. Reasonable accommodations and modifications.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Fair Housing Fundamentals | Maintenance Professional Edition
Time Options Available | 3-hour or 1-day
Attendees will learn:
- A brief history of the Fair Housing Act. Why over half of Fair Housing complaints relate to maintenance.
- How to remember the federal Fair Housing protected classes.
- What NOT to DO. The prohibited acts under the Fair Housing Act. How to avoid violations with special emphasis on maintenance-related duties.
- What to DO. Reasonable accommodations and modifications and maintenance's role in these.
ENJOY THIS TOPIC WHEN YOUR WANT! IT IS COVERED IN AN ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.
Fair Housing Focus | Reasonable Accommodations & Modifications
Time Options Available | 1.5 and 3-hour
Attendees will learn:
- A brief summary of the Fair Housing Protected classes.
- What accommodations are, and how to know when these are reasonable.
- What modifications are and how to know when these are reasonable. Who pays for them.
Fair Housing Focus | Criminal Background Check
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- The concept of disparate impact and how a Supreme Court decision laid out a path to avoid it.
- Ways in which criminal background checks can be discriminatory and how to avoid these.
- Positive steps to ensure criminal background checks are Fair Housing- safe.
Fair Housing Focus | Assistance Animals
Time Options Available | 1.5-hour
Attendees will learn:
- A brief summary of the Fair Housing Protected classes.
- Discussion of reasonable accommodations and how animals are an important accommodation for some people.
- HUD's 8-step process for evaluating if a request for an assistance animal is reasonable under the Fair Housing Act.
