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Housing Hope to build affordable housing near Edmonds church (Housing Authority of Snohomish County)
From Everett, WA's HeraldNet:
Housing Hope, a nonprofit and affordable housing developer, intends to build 52 apartments on a lot next to Edmonds Lutheran Church. Construction is to start this year.
“This is really executing on our plan to at least compete for and try to start a new project every...
March 14 | 1-2 PM ET
On March 14 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET, CLPHA will hold a virtual information session for member PHAs that would like an introduction (or re-introduction) to CLPHA and and our work. The orientation will introduce you to CLPHA’s staff and their respective...
Beginning April 2020, HUD PIH issued guidance that allowed PHAs to adopt a variety of statutory and regulatory waivers that impacted everyday HUD program operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including HCV, public housing, Mod Rehab and Mainstream programs. PIH Notice 2021-33 required...
Wednesday, March 16 | 2-3pm ET
Join us for the third of a four-part webinar series co-hosted by CLPHA and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Webinar: The Power of Public Housing and Public School Partnerships - Spotlight on Boston
In early 2020, recognizing a need to...
Join the Housing and Services Resource Center (HSRC) for the second of its two- part webinar series starting on March 15. The need to work collaboratively to create solutions to improve access to affordable, accessible housing and the critical services that make community living possible has never...
HUD issued a letter alerting PHAs of its requirements to review their public housing portfolios in IMS/PIC to ensure units are in the correct Unit Designation Categories and Accessible Designation Categories no later than March 31, 2022. As part of the September 2010 release of IMS...
At this meeting, CLPHA provided a Washington Update on FY22 and FY23 federal appropriations. We were also joined by Betsy McCafferty, Director of Human Resources at Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority and Chair of CLPHA’s HR Working Group, Tracey Knighton, Human Resources Program Manager...
Skyrocketing Rents and Low Vacancy Rates Cause Delay in Lease-Ups
On February 16, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) held an industry call to report that in recent months Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) budget utilization rates amongst non-Moving to Work (MTW) public housing authorities...
Two long-serving members of CLPHA’s Board of Directors announced resignations from their positions at housing authorities recently. Antonio (Tony) M. Pérez resigned from his role as Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), while Rick Gentry also...