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PIH Notice 2024-20 clarifies the use of cooling technologies and air conditioning in public housing, explains the eligible activities to achieve cooling using Capital Funds, and outlines PHAs’ discretion to establish individual relief policies for excess utility consumption due to extreme...
The compliance date for NSPIRE-V has been delayed by one additional year until October 1, 2025. The announcement was sent to PHA executive directors today by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard J. Monocchio.
The original NSPIRE-V notice will soon be re-issued with updated information in...
From the Charlotte Observer:
Sometime in the early 1970s, John Crawford received an offer he couldn’t refuse.
The Charlotte Housing Authority approached him about a job working with families and children who lived in its dozens of complexes. Crawford, then a school teacher and...
From the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's website:
Last week, residents of Glendale and Minnehaha Townhomes joined MPHA staff in a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) study evaluating the impact of access to childcare and educational services among public housing families...
From the Seattle Times:
Lexie Lee chose an apartment on the top floor. Hundreds of feet off the ground. Hopeful that it would be high enough to deter someone from breaking in.
Then, finally, she might feel safe.
“Even living on the fifth floor, I feel like Spider-Man is going to come...
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's website:
CHA’s Resident Services department has taken a pioneering step lately towards digital inclusion with the recent launch of a specialized intergenerational computer training and internet access program for senior residents being served at select CHA...
“Criminal Activity” Clarification and Sliding Scale Time Frame Top CLPHA’s Concerns
CLPHA has prepared comments on the Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing Proposed Rule, which members can view here. CLPHA will submit its comment letter before the Monday, June...
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL) will be introducing the Reducing Regulatory Barriers Act to Housing Act this summer with the support of national housing organization and network, Up for Growth (UFG). According to Up for Growth,...
HUD announced late Friday the availability of $78 million in HUD-VASH funding that will support 7,800 new vouchers. Eligible PHAs will respond to PIH Notice 2024-18 via the Registration of Interest link located on the HUD-VASH webpageHUD-VASH webpage. Registered PHAs will then receive an...