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From the Sacramento Bee:
As part of a national effort to save low-income renters from eviction, Sacramento city and county officials on Thursday will make nearly $100 million in free rent assistance grants available to help pay for past-due rent and utility bills during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO EXPAND PANDEMIC-RELATED RESOURCES
In order to identify and address COVID-19 needs and ongoing priorities for our PHA members, CLPHA conducted a survey in January 2021. The survey received responses from 35 of our PHA members, who provided data...
Over $41 Billion Provided for Housing Programs
On March 6, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1319, an unprecedented, far-reaching, $1.9 trillion emergency funding and authorization recovery legislation providing desperately needed relief for people impacted by the pandemic, entitled the “...
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
March 4, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) March 4, 2021 – Sunia...
This week the NYU Furman Center, Housing Initiative at Penn, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released recommendations for “Advancing Racial Equity in Emergency Rental Assistance Programs,” based on a report co-authored by the...
Today, CLPHA, LeadingAge, the National Affordable Housing Management Association, the National Leased Housing Association, and the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association sent a letter to HUD, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the White House...
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
February 27, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) February 27, 2021 – ...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) has posted a new report which serves as a reminder that households receiving federal housing assistance are particularly vulnerable to worse outcomes if infected with COVID-19. The prevalence of...
From Atlanta Housing's website:
Atlanta Housing (AH) partnered with the Family Health Centers of Georgia to vaccinate 118 AH residents Friday, Feb 19. AH provided transportation using social distancing, masks and sanitation per CDC guidelines. Additional vaccinations will occur as AH development...
From WMAR Baltimore:
I’m very fortunate," said Doris Moore.
Moore is one of more than 80 Cherry Hill Homes residents ages 65 years or older who got their first COVID-19 vaccine dose Tuesday.
"It wasn’t bad at all," said Gloria Harris.
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City partnered with the...