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From GW Today:
Erin Athey has spent decades working in community medicine in Washington, D.C., a career that made her painfully aware of the disparity in care access between the city’s high-income and low-income residents.
“There is a 20-year difference in life expectancy between the White House...
CLPHA Members in Cuyahoga and Norfolk Earned Additional CNI Funding
Three of CLPHA’s members—Houston Housing Authority, Miami-Dade Public Housing & Community Development Department, and Syracuse Housing Authority—were awarded HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grants for the first...
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Health Homes has several grant opportunities currently available for PHAs to identify and reduce lead hazards, weatherization, and related technical studies. Visit the Grants Opportunity Page to learn more about recent publication of the...
From FOX 25 Oklahoma City:
More than 10,000 books are now in the hands of the Oklahoma City Housing Authority (OCHA). They started giving some away to children Monday afternoon.
The books are coming from a partnership with a national book giveaway program called the Book Rich Environments...
CLPHA is pleased to announce that Anthony Goodson, Jr., executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Goldsboro, and Louise Seeba, executive director of the St. Paul Public Housing Agency, were elected to CLPHA's board of directors at the board's June 2024 meeting.
“I am honored...
Committee Democrats Say Bill Will Destabilize Low-Income Housing, Stall Housing Construction, Ignore Climate Change
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations held a full committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, and...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report titled "Improved Guidance and Oversight Needed for Utility Allowances," which examines the link between inadequate utility allowances and an increased number of rent-burdened households. The GAO highlighted critical issues concerning...
A new joint report from the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), "The National Risk Index and Racial Equity for Renters," examines the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) tool and...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published another report on the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program, which provided about $47 billion to tribal, state, territorial, and certain local governments and the District of Columbia. Congress appropriated ERA funding twice, and...