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Recently, HUD published its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public input on forthcoming changes to Section 504 regulations, which prohibits disability discrimination in programs receiving HUD funds or financial assistance. HUD intends for the...
HUD has published Notice PIH 2023-17, which contains new guidance on the Utility Rate Reduction Incentive (RRI) in public housing. The RRI provides additional Operating Fund grant formula eligibility to a PHA that undertakes a special and significant action to reduce its utility rate. Through the...
Details on CLPHA’s Green Funding Clearinghouse
Housing authorities can now apply for funding for projects to deploy solar energy at multifamily properties. The $7 billion Solar for All program is part of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). Interested applicants must submit a Notice of...
The practice of redlining is where public and private officials and professionals designated certain neighborhoods as high-risk largely due to racial demographics. This led to denied loans or significantly higher interest rates in those neighborhoods. It institionalized racial bias, and denied...
A report from the Brookings Institute argues that office-to-residential conversions are one potential remedy to the housing crisis in some circumstances, but the public interest in conversion and the potential beneficiaries must be clearly defined in order to justify any public financial support...
The Urban Institute recently published an interactive guide on policy and programmatic interventions that advance housing justice. The guide contains actionable examples of housing justice interventions across the policy domains of 1) increasing housing supply, 2) homelessness, 3) household and...
A recent article from Pew discusses the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and problems that may arise for low-income families if program funding runs out. The ACP, created by Congress in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is a $14.2 billion program administered by the...
A new study from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley aims to quantify the costs of operating permanent supportive housing (PSH) and the implications of insufficient funding. The authors worked with a collaborative of seven affordable housing developers in the Bay Area and...
From KSAT 12 San Antonio:
Opportunity Home San Antonio, formally known as the San Antonio Housing Authority, has been working on Wi-Fi connectivity for its residents since 2013.
In 2020, when the pandemic hit, Opportunity Home approved a $4 million plan to help give the families who live on its...