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From the Boston Globe:
Almost a quarter-century ago, the word came down from Washington, D.C.: The federal government was done building public housing.
A new law capped the number of deeply affordable apartments Washington would subsidize in any given city at whatever existed in 1999,...
Fort Wayne Housing Authority Partners with Jorgensen Family YMCA to Reduce Risk of Children Drowning
According to the Children’s Safety Network, 3,572 people die from drowning yearly in the U.S.-- 945 are children. Children account for one out of four drowning deaths. To raise awareness of this issue and provide families with resources Fort Wayne Housing Authority is partnering with...
From Affordable Housing Finance:
A 279-unit affordable housing community for families and seniors celebrated its grand opening in Alexandria, Virginia.
Residences at North Hill is a key component of a large-scale revitalization effort transforming 34 underutilized acres off Richmond Highway....
From the Dorchester Reporter:
When Codman Square’s Gisselle Jimenez heard about the One Plus Boston mortgage, which helps public housing or Section 8 voucher holders achieve homeownership with up to $75,000 in assistance, she thought it sounded too good to be true.
But the path she embarked upon...
PHAs Must Be Ready to Comply with New Standards Starting July 1
HUD has published the Final Inspection Standards Notice for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). The final inspection standards notice describes the list of inspectable...
HUD has published Notice PIH 2023-13, which supersedes PIH Notice 2013-15, and provides PHAs with strategies to use HCVs while working with CoCs to prevent homelessness.
Specifically, this notice:
Revises the definition of homelessness for the purpose of reporting in IMS...
HUD has published the FY23 Jobs Plus Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which makes $22.5 million available to PHAs for helping families increase earned income. Applications will be due on August 21, 2023. HUD anticipates making 12 awards under this NOFO, and each grant size...
Los Angeles’s new Mayor Karen Bass won on a platform of ending homelessness in the nation’s second largest city. Immediately after assuming office, she proclaimed a state of emergency, thereby unlocking untapped funding and resources. According to media coverage, Mayor Bass succeeded in housing 945...
On May 17-18, CLPHA participated in a convening of IT, training and industry professionals to discuss upcoming rollouts of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE), the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), Housing Information Portal (HIP), and...
CLPHA recently received a request for information regarding our members' housing needs related to FEMA or disaster recovery. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is currently being drafted, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's (D-WA) office sees a potential opportunity to...