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On December 2, the U.S House of Representatives passed H.R. 6119, the “Further Extending Government Act,” on a mostly partisan vote of 221-212. The legislation, a “continuing resolution” (“CR”) of funding levels from fiscal year 2021 (FY21), is the second CR of FY22 to extend funding designed to...
Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, HUD issued two new PIH notices: PIH Notice 2021-31 Public Housing Operating Subsidy Grant Eligibility Calculations and Processing for Calendar Year (CY) 2022 & PIH Notice 2021-32 Extension of American Rescue Plan Act – Adjustment Funding for Calendar Year...
HUD recently made available on HUD Exchange eight vignette training videos on Energy Performance Contract (EPC) Incentives Management. The training videos developed by HUD’s Energy Branch of the Public Housing Financial Management Division are targeted to public...
Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a series on how Build Back Better Act funds will help public housing authorities better serve their residents and communities.
For the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), the Build Back Better Act (BBB), which passed the House of Representatives...
Recently, HUD released two new resources for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program on its website: EHV FAQs v.7 and the EHV Data Dashboard.
EHV FAQs
HUD’s seventh release of FAQs for EHVs answered many of CLPHA member questions...
On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed two Executive Orders in support of his COVID-19 Action Plan. The first Executive Order required the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to issue guidance mandating certain COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors and subcontractors....
Last month in Shelterforce, Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) Communications Director Patty Hastings penned an article sharing lessons that VHA has learned from doubling their number of supportive. housing units over the years. Hastings discusses examples of VHA properties like...
From the Star Tribune:
The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority plans to demolish more than a dozen houses it owns and replace them with 84 units in four- and six-plexes across the city.
The roughly $34 million project is expected to begin in the summer of 2022 and calls for replacing aging...
From the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers' (MHACY) press release:
It was a happy X-Giving for more than 350 senior residents of affordable housing run by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) who received special Thanksgiving meals thanks to the...