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The CLPHA family mourns the passing of Bill McGonagle, who died earlier this month at the age of 67. McGonagle, who grew up in the Boston Housing Authority’s (BHA) Mary Ellen McCormack public housing community and began working at the housing authority as a custodian, served as BHA’s...
On October 16, Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) and Palladium USA celebrated the grand opening of Palladium Fort Worth, a 150-unit community with more than half of its apartments affordably priced for families earning up to 60 percent of the area’s median income. The energy-efficient units...
The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of Patricia Wells as OHA’s new executive director. Wells, who began her new role on October 15, succeeds Eric Johnson, who retired from the housing authority this month after nearly 30 years in the affordable...
On Tuesday, November 5, at 3:00 PM ET, CLPHA will host a member call to solicit feedback on the recent HOTMA notice. An agenda for the call, which outlines specific issues raised in the notice, is available here.
This notice seeks comment on HOTMA provisions related to Sections 102, 103, and...
The House of Representatives may vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
The bill – the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” – includes key reforms to the CDBG-DR program to help ensure...
Yesterday, HUD released a report evaluating multiple aspects of RAD, including financial leveraging and tenant satisfaction. The report, which was conducted by Econometrica, examined the extent to which RAD is successfully preserving affordable housing, how RAD has helped projects to meet long-term...
Yesterday, CLPHA submitted comments in response to HUD’s notice outlining the first details of the NSPIRE demonstration. NSPIRE is a voluntary demonstration, expected to last at least two years, that would replace UPCS inspections for participating properties. NSPIRE is intended to simplify the...
Today, CLPHA and its counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments on HUD’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on changes to the disparate impact standard.
As described in our August 19 member update, HUD is proposing substantial changes to the current “burden-shifting” framework used to...
CLPHA is pleased to announce that Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, will present featured remarks next Thursday during our Fall Membership Meeting.
Elected in November 2018 to her fifteenth term in the U.S. House of...
In August, HUD issued a notice seeking comment on details of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) Demonstration. NSPIRE is a voluntary demonstration, expected to last at least two years, that would replace UPCS inspections for participating properties. NSPIRE...