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To Access Funds, PHAs Should Contact Awarded Coalitions
The White House today announced the award of $20 billion through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). The $20 billion in awards announced will be deployed through eight selected applicants across two separate and complementary programs...
HUD published in the Federal Register fiscal year (FY) 2024 Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) that are used by certain Section 8 programs to provide annual adjustments to monthly rents. AAFs are used by Section 8 New Construction program, Substantial Rehabilitation program, the Section 8 Loan...
HUD Adjusted HIP Implementation Plan Based on Input from the Working Group
This week HUD provided the IT Working Group with a preview of the implementation plan for the Housing Information Portal (HIP), which will soon replace the aging IMS/PIC system. The IT Working Group...
CLPHA is pleased to share our 2024 policy priorities.
The convergence of a global pandemic, a worldwide climate crisis, and growing economic inequality will have a lasting impact on the actions we take to protect lives, reduce disparities, meet energy needs, and prepare for disasters. These events...
The Veterans Administration (VA) has published updated HUD-VASH guidance allowing PHAs with unleased HUD-VASH vouchers to serve as Designated Service Providers (DSPs) for the purposes of veteran selection and intake. The new HUD-VASH Operating Requirements provide new authorization...
HUD has launched a new website detailing protections against Source of Income (SOI) discrimination for families using Housing Vouchers, continuing its recent initiatives to combat SOI discrimination.
The Source of Income Protections website serves as a “one-stop...
Today, HUD is releasing new resources clarifying HUD policies and laws that prohibit certain non-rent fees in its Multifamily, Public Housing, and Housing Choice Voucher/Project Based Voucher programs. These new resources make clear that certain fees, such as...
8 CLPHA Members Earn VASH Awards
We are pleased to announce that several of our members have been awarded crucial funding to support homeless veterans in finding permanent housing. HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently awarded $14 million in HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive...
Over 1,500 child welfare-involved families and 600 eligible foster youth across Washington State will now have access to much-needed housing assistance thanks to a historic agreement between the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and a network of public housing authorities and housing non-...
The Harvard Joint Center released its annual America’s Rental Housing Report, confirming that rental unaffordability reached unprecedented levels, affecting 22.4 million households in 2022. This marked an increase of two million households since 2019, with 12.1 million households experiencing...