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PHAs in States with Lead Level Thresholds Must Comply by April 17
HUD is modifying the elevated blood lead level (EBLL) threshold under its Lead Safe Housing Rule from 5 to 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood (µg/dL) for a child under the age of 6. This threshold is consistent...
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Since its inception in the Housing Act of 1937, public housing has faced decades of chronic underfunding and disinvestment. While the last 30 years has brough renewed commitment to new policies and investments in public housing, a cohesive national strategy to...
HUD is making available nearly $90 million in health and safety funds aimed at reducing health hazards in public housing units. The Housing-related Hazards Capital Fund (HRHCF) and Lead Based Paint Capital Fund Program (LBPCF) NOFO will provide grants upwards of $15,000 per...
To Access Funds, PHAs Should Contact Awarded Coalitions
The White House today announced the award of $20 billion through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). The $20 billion in awards announced will be deployed through eight selected applicants across two separate and complementary programs...
CLPHA is pleased to share our 2024 policy priorities.
The convergence of a global pandemic, a worldwide climate crisis, and growing economic inequality will have a lasting impact on the actions we take to protect lives, reduce disparities, meet energy needs, and prepare for disasters. These events...
From HUD Office of Public & Indian Housing Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard J. Monocchio's August 31 email to public housing authorities:
On Overdose Awareness Day, HUD recognizes the importance of national and local efforts to prevent overdose...
Protecting, expanding. and providing affordable housing has never been so important.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that housing instability and homelessness have disastrous effects on our national economic and public health. Public housing authorities (PHAs) are our nation’s most effective...
From the Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services' news bulletin:
In 2017, Home Forward began testing its Portland public housing buildings for radon to prepare for a major rehabilitation project. The agency discovered some buildings had elevated levels of radon, but guidance...
HUD has announced two Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for addressing lead-based paint and other housing-related hazards. HUD is sourcing these funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2021 and 2022, and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. This does not include...
HUD recently announced $4 million in new funding is available for PHAs to conduct testing and as-needed mitigation of radon in the units that they manage and, where applicable, to support the development of a plan for future testing and mitigation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...