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From the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society:
The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) owns and operates affordable housing locations for qualifying low-income families and individuals in the Cleveland, Ohio, metro area. CMHA was the first chartered public housing...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh's website:
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) WiFi On Wheels (W.O.W.) CyberBus is hitting the road for our nation’s capital to convene with national colleagues during the annual ConnectHomeUSA Summit.
Staff will travel to...
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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...
From Comcast's press release:
The Saint Paul Public Housing Agency (PHA) and Comcast today announced they have partnered to provide a WiFi connection to Xfinity's advanced network in all 16 of PHA’s buildings in Saint Paul. The partnership is Comcast’s first collaboration with a Minnesota-based...
From the Cambridge Housing Authority's website:
CHA’s Resident Services department has taken a pioneering step lately towards digital inclusion with the recent launch of a specialized intergenerational computer training and internet access program for senior residents being served at select CHA...
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 That Would Save the Program
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is winding down—the ACP stopped accepting new applications and enrollments on February 7, 2024. The last fully funded month of the...
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On March 5, the Biden Administration and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a proposed rule that would ban broadband bulk billing arrangements in multi-...
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 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
On March 4, 2024, the FCC issued a Public Notice confirming that absent additional funding from Congress, April 2024 is the last fully funded month for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). April will be the final month...
March 12 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Join Housing Is for an upcoming working group webinar with the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) as they discuss their recent digital equity efforts. This conversation will center around how HACLA and...