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In a letter to executive directors, HUD PIH Assistant Secretary Hunter Kurtz announced today that HUD is extending the deadline for eligible PHAs to apply for the supplemental HAP funds made available through the CARES Act under the Extraordinary Circumstances category. ...
CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh have drafted comments on the notice “30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Project Based Vouchers,” a follow up to a December 2019 notice in which HUD sought comment on changes to a proposed form that would collect...
A year into the project, the renovation of Milwaukee Soldiers Home is moving along! In September 2019, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee and developer The Alexander Company broke ground on the rehabilitation and restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home, a...
The Trump Administration implemented changes to the “public charge” test earlier this year, an evaluation of those applying for permanent residence to determine if they are likely to use public assistance in the future. The public charge test now considers assistance such as SNAP, Medicaid,...
From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
A former motel that once had been seen as a blight in the neighborhood will be a new permanent home for 82 homeless San Diegans, including Lister Lane.
“This is like a dream,” said Lane, 61, in his first visit to Benson’s Place in the Otay Mesa/Nestor neighbor in...
From Cleveland.com:
A couple years ago, I happened to be in the company of a single mother of two young daughters on the day she found out her long wait for a federal housing voucher had come to an end.
She and her family had been living for years in the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s...
On Monday October 19, Debbie Burkart, National Vice President of Supportive Housing for the National Equity Fund (NEF) and Scott Zeigler, NEF Fund Manager, conducted a listening session and presentation for CLPHA members on NEF's Homes for the Homeless initiative.This fund is designed to...
On October 16, HUD issued PIH Notice 2020-29, “Guidance for Running an Optimized Housing Choice Voucher Program,” which reviews HUD tools available to PHAs help maximize their HCV funding, particularly amid pandemic uncertainties. In response to a national decrease in...
On October 8, HUD issued a notice in the Federal Register that covers portions of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization (HOTMA) Act, which was signed into law in July 2016. HOTMA made many significant changes to the HCV and PBV programs in...
Monday October 19 | 1:00 p.m. ET
CLPHA is hosting a listening session on the Homes for the Homeless initiative. The session will include a presentation on the Homes for the Homeless initiative, a mission-driven fund with the intent of investing in the acquisition and redevelopment of...