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Yesterday, the House and Senate passed a spending package that includes FY21 funding for HUD programs and additional COVID-19 relief. On December 27 President Trump signed the package. See CLPHA’s summary of the spending package below.
Last night, the House and Senate approved a large package of legislation containing a final FY21 spending agreement and additional emergency economic relief. The agreement now awaits President Trump’s signature. For FY21 spending, the bill includes:
$23.8...

Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
December 22, 2020
(Washington, D.C.) December 22, 2020 – Sunia Zaterman, executive director of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, released the following...
Today, CLPHA and industry partners the Moving to Work (MTW) Collaborative, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), and the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA) sent a joint letter to Congressional...
HUD PIH will host a webinar on December 10 on CARES Act Financial Data Schedule (FDS) Reporting. The webinar will build on HUD's two previous webinars on this subject, by providing reporting guidance on those topics for which HUD is still receiving FDS reporting questions from PHAs and industry...
Below is a letter from HUD Office of Public & Indian Housing Assistant Secretary Hunter Kurtz to PHA executive directors on HUD's latest COVID waiver notice:
Thank you for your continued efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide affordable, safe housing to assisted families...
NEW DATE: Tuesday, December 1 | 2:00 p.m. ET
HUD's Office of Public & Indian Housing will hold a web conference on Tuesday, December 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET regarding an update on extending CARES Act Waivers and the CDC Eviction Moratorium.
The conference begins at 2:00 p.m. ET and...
Yesterday, HUD issued PIH Notice 2020-31, which provides guidance to PHAs on conducting Remote Video Inspections (RVIs). The guidance cover four phases:
Administrative preparation
Pre-Inspection Planning
Performing the Inspection
Post-Inspection
The notice also covers best...

Discussions about the latest Coronavirus relief package between House Leadership and the White House are at an impasse. The House passed a scaled-back version of the HEROES Act costing $2.2 trillion. The White House has offered a $1.5 trillion package. Both sides remain far apart....

Current Bill Maintains Funding for Many Housing Programs from Previous Package
On September 28, House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, unveiled a revised HEROES Act, a 2,152-page COVID-19 economic relief authorizing an ...