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From The News Tribune:
Michael Mirra finally got the call-up he’s been waiting for, he joked late last week.
Nearing his 68th birthday, the native New Yorker is joining the Yankees, at long last.
“Center field would be my first choice, but I’m probably not in a position...
NPR Morning Edition: “Why Government Housing Vouchers Can Be Difficult To Use”” (May 10, 2021)
NPR’s Pam Fessler quoted CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman in a story about the challenges of utilizing the $5 billion in emergency housing vouchers included in the...
Congratulations to the five CLPHA members that were each awarded $2.3 million HUD Jobs Plus Grants! The CLPHA members are:
Detroit Housing Commission (MI)
Housing Authority of the City of Goldsboro (NC)
Wilmington Housing Authority (NC)...
Congratulations to the four CLPHA members named to HUD’s second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) program expansion! The CLPHA members are:
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (OH)
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (NC)
Fort Wayne Housing...
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) May 11, 2021 – CLPHA...
From the Cuhyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) has been selected to participate in HUD’s new Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Mobility Demonstration.
HUD’s...
From Cities Today:
Five vendors have signed agreements to offer high-speed internet access for up to 30,000 residents in 13 New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office called it a “major milestone” in the implementation of the city’s Internet Master...
From the Urban Institute:
Although young people make up about 25 percent of the sexually active population, they contract 50 percent of all new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) annually. In 2018, combined cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reached a record...
From Shelterforce:
For many in the public housing realm, the arts and culture are nice-to-have amenities—a mural painted on a newly constructed building, perhaps, or a concert in a courtyard.
But at Yesler Terrace, a 30-acre public housing development near downtown Seattle, arts and culture...
From Clark County Today:
The housing authority and its nonprofit Bridgeview are focused on helping those who are unemployed or underemployed build self-sufficiency
To build up the child care workforce, Vancouver Housing Authority is financially incentivizing tenants who become employed in a...