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HUD has published Notice CPD-2023-12, which provides initial implementation guidance for Build America, Buy America Act (BABA)’s requirements for HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) grantees. This guidance applies to roughly eighteen CPD programs, which are defined in Section 3 of the...
(Washington, D.C.) November 17, 2023 — Sunia Zaterman, executive director of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, released the following statement upon the Biden-Harris administration’s announcement yesterday of the U.S. Playbook to Address Social Determinants of...
Unprecedented “Laddered” Approach Will Fund Government for Different Periods of Time
On November 16, 2023, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 6363, the “Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act,”...
In a recent CLPHA member survey, 84 percent said access to behavioral and mental health services, including substance use treatment, is one of the biggest health challenges for their residents. PHA residents are dealing with everything from acute mental health crises to the stress and anxiety of...
HUD recently announced that it will require an additional 41 metropolitan areas to use Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs). HUD has shared a list of every PHA that will be required to implement SAFMRs. In total, 271 PHAs will be required to implement SAFMRs; 28 of which are...
Unprecedented “Laddered” Approach Seeks to Fund Government for Different Periods of Time
On November 14, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6363, the “Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act,” by a bipartisan vote of 336-95 to continue funding the government as...
HUD has published the updated Family Self-Sufficiency Achievement Metrics (FAM) Scores in the Federal Register. HUD has also re-calibrated the baseline for determining FAM Scores using the PIH Information Center (PIC) data through 2019. The FAM Score consists of three components: Earnings...
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's press release:
The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) is delighted to announce the fortification of its collaboration with The Home for Little Wanderers (The Home) through the acquisition of The Home’s Somerville Village property in Somerville, Massachusetts...
From WTOL 11 News Toledo:
New life for an old hotel began Wednesday with the demolition of a blighted historic south Toledo property.
Lucas Metropolitan Housing began the demolition of the old Park Hotel on Wednesday morning at 201 Knapp Street.
In its place, LMH will build new apartments...