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From HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Newsletter:
Through Choice Neighborhoods, the Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver (DHA) created a unique fresh foods market in a former food desert. Decatur Fresh Market opened in November 2021 on the ground floor of DHA’s first housing phase. In...
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...
A new brief from HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides strategies to engage with and build strong relationships with people experiencing homelessness, offer effective mental health and/or substance use disorder treatments, and improve retention in...
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...
On November 3, 2022, the Stanford Social Innovation Review released a new article as part of their Collaboration for Housing Justice Series. “Housing and Health: Creating Solutions with Communities” provides findings from the Kresge Foundation from their 31 grantees who are working in the...
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...
CLPHA is seeking feedback for a forthcoming proposed rule on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and dust-lead Clearance Levels. EPA anticipates publishing the proposed rule for public comment in spring 2023 and promulgating a final rule by...
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Every year, about 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack. Of these, 605,000 are a first heart attack.
In a recent study of residential areas in Vienna, Austria and Copenhagen, Denmark, the American Heart...
November 8, 2:00 PM ET
On October 13, 2021, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, effective through January 11, 2023. While when the Public Health Emergency will end is still unknown, when it...
Survey Assistance Available Via Zoom Office Hours on 10/13, 10/20 and 10/27 at 2pm ET
CLPHA’s Housing Is Initiative has created a survey that examines health, education, and other related initiatives provided by housing authorities and cross-system...