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On November 21 at 12PM ET, CLPHA will co-host a webinar with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) on FUP vouchers. CLPHA and CSH staff will provide an overview of the recently released FUP NOFA along with a discussion of programmatic best practices that features FUP experts.
The webinar is...
HUD’s Office of Public & Indian Housing (PIH) will host a four-part Repositioning Webinar training series open to all PHAs. The webinar series will be held November 12, 14, 19, and 21 and will cover:
Benefits of repositioning
Details on the various repositioning tools available (i.e., RAD,...
CLPHA is pleased to announce that Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the City of New Haven (ECC/HANH) President Karen DuBois-Walton has joined CLPHA’s Board of Directors.
Dr. DuBois-Walton also serves as President of The Glendower Group, LLC (ECC/ HANH’s development affiliate) and...
The CLPHA family mourns the passing of Bill McGonagle, who died earlier this month at the age of 67. McGonagle, who grew up in the Boston Housing Authority’s (BHA) Mary Ellen McCormack public housing community and began working at the housing authority as a custodian, served as BHA’s...
On October 16, Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) and Palladium USA celebrated the grand opening of Palladium Fort Worth, a 150-unit community with more than half of its apartments affordably priced for families earning up to 60 percent of the area’s median income. The energy-efficient units...
The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of Patricia Wells as OHA’s new executive director. Wells, who began her new role on October 15, succeeds Eric Johnson, who retired from the housing authority this month after nearly 30 years in the affordable...
On Tuesday, November 5, at 3:00 PM ET, CLPHA will host a member call to solicit feedback on the recent HOTMA notice. An agenda for the call, which outlines specific issues raised in the notice, is available here.
This notice seeks comment on HOTMA provisions related to Sections 102, 103, and...
The House of Representatives may vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
The bill – the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” – includes key reforms to the CDBG-DR program to help ensure...
Yesterday, HUD released a report evaluating multiple aspects of RAD, including financial leveraging and tenant satisfaction. The report, which was conducted by Econometrica, examined the extent to which RAD is successfully preserving affordable housing, how RAD has helped projects to meet long-term...
Yesterday, CLPHA submitted comments in response to HUD’s notice outlining the first details of the NSPIRE demonstration. NSPIRE is a voluntary demonstration, expected to last at least two years, that would replace UPCS inspections for participating properties. NSPIRE is intended to simplify the...