Latest News
Protecting, expanding. and providing affordable housing has never been so important.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that housing instability and homelessness have disastrous effects on our national economic and public health. Public housing authorities (PHAs) are our nation’s most effective...
A new memorandum from HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing describes changes made by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 (“VAWA”), which took effect Oct. 1, 2022. The memo is for Owners/Owner Agents of Multifamily Properties, Multifamily Regional Directors, and Multifamily Asset...
On March 21, HUD published a Federal Register notice providing a waiver and setting forth an updated implementation schedule for the application of the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference “BAP” to all HUD financial assistance used to purchase iron or steel products in...
HUD intends to publish a final rule in the Federal Register that rescinds the Department's 2020 rule governing Fair Housing Act disparate impact claims and restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule. HUD emphasizes in the Final Rule that the 2013 rule is more consistent with how the Fair...
The Public Housing Financial Management Division (FMD) has obligated funding for Partial March and April 2023 and has posted the Explanation of Obligations. Partial March and April obligations are based on the selected elements of final 2022 Operating Fund eligibility and 2023 HUD-52723...
HUD has announced an overhaul of its disaster recovery efforts with the establishment of a new office focused solely on disaster management and recovery. HUD has created the new Office of Disaster Management (ODM) in the Office of the Deputy Secretary, and the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR)...
CLPHA, the MTW Collaborative, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), and the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA) released our joint funding recommendations for the Office of Public and Indian Housing and Office of Housing programs...
On March 13, 2023, the Biden Administration released its full fiscal year 2024 (FY24) budget request. Generally for public housing and related programs, the proposal is a modest increase over previous years. The Administration requests a total $73.3 billion in discretionary funding for the...
On March 9, CLPHA along with its industry partners NAHRO, PHADA and the MTW Collaborative sent a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge asking for “a renewed partnership between HUD and PHAs in implementing major systems changes.” The letter notes the numerous policy and regulatory changes that are...
CLPHA has submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Guidance for Grants and Agreements to support the implementation of the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. These comments are in addition to comments that CLPHA submitted to HUD on HUD’s Phased Implementation Waiver...