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From CBS News Fort Worth:
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs recently announced more than $95 million in housing tax credits to develop or renovate 63 rental properties across Texas to address the affordable housing need.
Eleven of the developments are slated for...
From the Los Angeles Times:
Teenage residents at Jordan Downs, one of L.A.’s largest public housing communities, will earn a paycheck this summer while learning hands-on skills like carpentry and welding, launching them on pathways to careers in industries facing strong demand and a critical lack...
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
Davora Buchanan was shy while growing up in Trumbull Park Homes. She kept to herself and read. Then she attended CHA’s Learn and Earn program, where teenage students explore career fields like entrepreneurship, arts and technology while...
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Since its inception in the Housing Act of 1937, public housing has faced decades of chronic underfunding and disinvestment. While the last 30 years has brough renewed commitment to new policies and investments in public housing, a cohesive national strategy to...
From the Charlotte Observer:
A Charlotte-based reentry organization renewed a contract with Inlivian on July 3 to support families recognized by a federal law that ensures children lacking stable housing receive an education.
The Freedom Fighting Missionaries board of directors allocates the...
From the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
In always looking for better ways to improve on protecting the environment and saving costs, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) continues to lead the way. Members of the CMHA Housing Development team are...
Monday, August 5 | 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT
Child welfare and housing leaders are invited to join the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s (CSH) Family and Youth Housing Vouchers Peer Learning Series. Share your innovations,...
Today HUD issued a notice detailing the monthly per-unit fee rates for determining administrative fees for PHAs managing voucher programs in calendar year 2024. The notice includes a table of fee rates, with Column A applying to the first 7,200 voucher unit months...
Legislation Unlikely to Pass in Current Congress
Today, the Senate failed to advance H.R. 7024, The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. With a final vote of 48-44, the Senate needed a three-fifths majority, or 60 votes, to end debate (a procedure known as cloture) and bring...
CLPHA Seeking Member Feedback; Survey Response Deadline August 12
On July 23, 2024, HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) and Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform future policy development of a...