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You all have worked through challenging times over the past year and a half. Thank you to those of you who completed our COVID-19 survey issued in winter 2021 to assess COVID-19 needs and priorities within our member PHAs. You can see a summary of those results here. We are now re-issuing...
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR), a long-standing partner of CLPHA’s Housing Is Initiative, is co-convening the 2022 All-America City (AAC) Awards with the National Civic League. Every year the awards select a theme. This year, the 2022 AAC Awards are centering...
November 18 | 2-3:30 p.m. ET
Why run a housing mobility program? Housing mobility programs are a way to help families living in disadvantaged areas relocate to better-resourced neighborhoods. However, implementing a successful housing mobility program at a public housing authority is prone...
On October 28, after an appeal from President Biden to the House Democratic Caucus to support and pass the Administration’s social and domestic agenda for the reconciliation bill, the House Rules Committee posted the revised text and funding priorities for HR 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The...
Recently, the HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) announced the latest release of the new Inventory Management System/PIH Information Center (IMS/PIC). HUD anticipates that the new system will better integrate with public housing authority (PHA) software, streamline the flow of...
On October 22, CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC submitted joint comments on the proposed rule, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2021. The 2019 Public Charge Rule, (the 2019 Rule) ...
On October 21, HUD released the latest version (v.6) of frequently asked questions for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program. This sixth round of FAQs addresses questions received on portability and Voucher Management System (VMS) and Inventory Management...
The Senate Appropriations Committee unveiled its fiscal year 2022 legislation that aims to reduce homelessness and provide housing stability for nearly 5 million low-income households with an increased funding of $5.7 billion for HUD programs over the 2021 appropriations levels.
The bill provides...
This week, HUD sent out a reminder that annual reports for ROSS grantees are due on October 31, 2021. HUD also reminds ROSS grantees that performance data must be submitted through GrantSolutions, and financial reports (SF-425) must be submitted to your local HUD Field Office....
On September 9, CLPHA alerted members that HUD extended the deadline for PHAs to submit Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) issuance data in IMS/PIC by October 17, 2021. The deadline is fast approaching, and HUD has indicated that some...