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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee and 22 Committee Democrats sent a letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), demanding that he withdraw his proposal to terminate housing benefits for mixed-...
On May 10, HUD will publish a notice in the Federal Register on a proposed rule that would impact non-citizens living in HUD-assisted housing with citizen family members, known as mixed families. Currently, mixed families receiving housing assistance have a pro-rated subsidy that excludes any...
Chairwoman Circulates Draft Bill to Authorize $70 Billion for the Public Housing Capital Fund
Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM ET, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing entitled “Housing in America: Assessing the Infrastructure Needs of America’s Housing Stock” to examine...
CLPHA will host a call on May 21 at 2:00 PM ET to solicit member feedback on draft comments of the recently published notice on proposed changes to Section 3 and the related notice on proposed benchmarks. Comments are due on June 3.
As previously outlined in a CLPHA Member Update from April 3, the...
HUD announced today on a briefing call and press release that a new proposed rule on Section 3 has been published. Tom Davis, director of HUD’s Office of Recapitalization, provided an overview of the proposed changes during the call. The rule asks for comment on significant changes to Section...
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is leading an effort in the Senate to boost FY20 funding for public housing. His office has asked CLPHA for help in encouraging other Senators to sign onto the letter to the Appropriations Committee requesting full funding of the Public Housing Operating Fund at...
Below are several updates regarding the ACC:
HUD Meets with Hill Staff, Defends ACC as a Grant
Earlier this week, we called on CLPHA members to contact your members of Congress and register your opposition to HUD’s proposed changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC).
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Relief ∙ Recovery ∙ Resilience
In the last two years, our nation has endured natural disasters that have caused billions of dollars in damage to property and infrastructure, destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, and displaced thousands of families in California, the Carolinas, Florida, Puerto...
March 26, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Public Housing Authorities eligible to apply to MTW Cohort 2 are invited to attend HUD’s free webinar tomorrow at 3:00 PM ET.
On March 14, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing released a notice offering eligible PHAs the opportunity to apply for...
In response to energized discussions about HUD’s proposed changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) during CLPHA’s Spring Membership Meeting, we are calling on CLPHA members to contact your members of Congress and register your opposition to the new ACC.
HUD General Counsel Paul Compton,...