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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...
Bill Restores Increase in 9 Percent Housing Authority Credit and Lowers Bond-financing Threshold for 4 Percent Housing Credit
Yesterday, July 29, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed a cloture motion that enables H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act,...
Committee Restores Several Funding Cuts Proposed by the House
On July 25, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released their version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill (S. 4796 / S. Report...
Senate Bill Increases Funding for Key Housing Programs Compared to House FY25 Funding Including Choice Neighborhoods, HOME, Vouchers, and Renewals
Yesterday, July 25, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations passed their version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Transportation,...
Meeting topics included various updates from CLPHA on HUD policy and programs and the latest developments in Washington, D.C., including: the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on the housing sector, HUD's new notice on extreme heat in public housing, HIP, HOTMA, the NSPIRE-V...
The National Fair Housing Alliance’s 2024 Fair Housing Trends Report reveals significant insights into housing discrimination complaints, pointing to notable increases and key sources of bias. In 2023, complaints based on race saw a sharp rise from 609 in 2022 to 824, a 35% increase. These...
A zoning analysis by New York University's (NYU) Furman Center revealed that faith-based organizations (FBOs) own a substantial 92 million square feet of underutilized land across the city's five boroughs, presenting a promising opportunity for affordable housing initiatives. A recent event...