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HUD has published 2025 Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs) for Section 8 project-based assistance contracts and multifamily projects. The national average OCAF rate will be 4.8% in 2025. These OCAFs will apply to contracts that have an anniversary date on or after February 11...

PAHRC and NLIHC released the 2024 Picture of Preservation Report, which analyzes the latest data from the National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD) to assess the existing federally assisted housing stock and the specific preservation risks faced by these homes, including expiring affordability...
AAFs Effective Today
HUD released the Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 in the Federal Register, which are effective today, December 3. AAFs established by this notice are used to adjust contract rents for units assisted in certain Section 8 housing assistance payment...
Grant to Support PHAs with Technical Assistance, Capacity-Building
One of the Largest Grants in CLPHA’s History
CLPHA is pleased to announce that we have been awarded $555,500 from HUD under the Department’s...
Two Half-Day Sessions Taking Place on November 13 and 14
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), in partnership with the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC), is hosting the first-ever National HCV Homeownership ...
FY25 Fair Market Rents Now in Effect
On September 30, HUD released a notice detailing updated policy guidance on payment standards, specifically for PHAs wishing to implement an exception payment standard and the process through which they should inform HUD. ...

Santa Clara County Housing Authority Executive Director Preston Prince Quoted
A recent NPR article by Jennifer Ludden spotlights the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) call for research on and establishment of potential pilot programs that would give low-income renters cash...
From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) press release:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is announcing that the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is receiving additional funding –over $37 million in Tenant Protection Vouchers in an effort to...

CLPHA is pleased to announce that our Housing Is Initiative has received funding from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to help us guide and assist public housing authorities (PHAs) in their efforts to expand and stabilize housing opportunities for some of our nation’s most vulnerable...

From the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development's (HUD) HCV Connect newsletter:
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program turns 50 this year, and HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) is celebrating with a special hybrid event on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. To mark this...