Thursday housing mix

- HUD has a proposed rule out today on a construction dispute resolution program for manufactured housing.

- The HUDUSER ResearchWorks publication has published a new issue with items including the latest and hence most shudder-making figures on "the housing-income gap." It also contains invitations to subscribe to a couple of listservs: HUD User News (email hudusernews@huduser.org with "subscribe" in the subject line) and a series of policy messages from HUD's "Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse" (subscription instructions here).

- Not sure if we've yet noted this CBPP analysis calling for changes in the federal Hurricane Katrina housing response.

- The Marine Reserves have posted a useful if mainly specialized page of advice on the disaster recovery. The "Legal Issues" section includes a JAG Corps landlord-tenant law memo designed to assist Marines who are tenants of private landlords. It could therefore also help non-military folks trying to negotiate disaster-affected landlord-tenant relationships. (NOTE: we have not checked the legal advice contained in the JAG Corps memo or the rest of the Marines' site, and we're not necessarily recommending it as correct, though it might make a useful starting point for further inquiries. As with any other legal matter discussed here, readers are advised to consult their own attorneys.)