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The National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is hosting weekly national calls every Monday at 2:30 p.m. ET for housing and homelessness advocates nationwide to learn more about how federal, state, and local governments are responding...
HUD has posted a new PIH notice on FY20 HCV funding, which is available here. The notice covers a number of issues, including TPVs, FUP and VASH special admin fees, funding for all special purpose vouchers, the mobility demonstration, PBVs, VMS submissions, and applying for the HAP set-aside...
On April 22 at 1:00 p.m. ET, HUD will be hosting a webinar on landlord participation. This event is the second in a series of webinars hosted by HUD that focuses on strategies for landlord recruitment and retention. HUD hosted its first webinar back in January, a recording of which is...
On Wednesday, March 25, CLPHA's counsel Reno & Cavanaugh PLLC prepared a memo for CLPHA summarizing The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Families First Act”), H.R. 6201, which was signed into law on March 18, 2020.
Click below for Reno & Cavanaugh's summary of the...
Late in the night of March 25, the U.S. Senate passed by a vote of 96-0 the third emergency supplemental relief and funding legislative package to help Americans combat the coronavirus crisis. Senate passage sends the bill to the U.S. House of Representatives where it is expected to be considered...
As we continue to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis, CLPHA is committed to supporting our members and public housing and voucher residents through advocacy, information sharing, and collaboration.
CLPHA will continue to facilitate opportunities for our members and stakeholders...
CLPHA and counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted joint comments yesterday in opposition to HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Proposed Rule.
Under the AFFH Proposed Rule, HUD seeks to incentivize AFFH by creating a metrics system in order to evaluate and rank jurisdictions and, based on...
A new FAQ from HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing reviews commonly asked questions from PHAs about the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis and includes the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (including the Project Based Voucher Program) and Native American Programs.
The FAQ covers...
From REAC: Until further notice, the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) is postponing all property inspections on all Public-housing, Multi-family and Servicing Mortgagee properties.
On March 12, CLPHA hosted a conference call featuring guests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to discuss ways PHAs can prepare for, and respond to, potential COVID-19 outbreaks in their communities, including examples from member PHAs facing more advanced local situations....