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HUD has published Notice CPD-2023-12, which provides initial implementation guidance for Build America, Buy America Act (BABA)’s requirements for HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) grantees. This guidance applies to roughly eighteen CPD programs, which are defined in Section 3 of the...
On April 13, CLPHA and its industry partners sent a letter to President Biden voicing concern about the potential impact of the guidance on implementing the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. The groups are requesting that OMB modify its interpretation of the law’s language and exclude...
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...
On March 21, HUD published a Federal Register notice providing a waiver and setting forth an updated implementation schedule for the application of the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference “BAP” to all HUD financial assistance used to purchase iron or steel products in...
CLPHA has submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Guidance for Grants and Agreements to support the implementation of the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. These comments are in addition to comments that CLPHA submitted to HUD on HUD’s Phased Implementation Waiver...
HUD has released a new waiver delaying the implementation of the Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements for most HUD programs until 2024. This marks a major victory for CLPHA members after CLPHA tirelessly advocated for an extension to the implementation of BABA.
This waiver exempts HOME...
PHA Construction Costs Could Increase, but “Unreasonable Cost” Waiver Offers Relief
Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a proposed rule and guidance on implementing the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. The notice sets forth definitions...