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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) reports that the enactment of $3.3 trillion COVID-19 relief bills in 2020 and another $1.3 trillion through the American Rescue Plan in 2021 helped make the COVID-19 recession the shortest on U.S. record and helped to fuel an economic recovery that has...
(Washington, D.C.) March 9, 2022 -- Council of Large Public Housing Authorities Executive Director Sunia Zaterman released the following statement about the HUD budget in fiscal year 2022 spending omnibus package:...
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today introduced H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022,” that includes all 12 fiscal year 2022 (FY22) appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill includes $730...
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...
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...
Recently, HUD released the 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 to Congress. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, HUD waived the requirement for communities to conduct the count of unsheltered homelessness in 2021, thereby the report only provides national estimates on sheltered...
Recently, HUD published guidance alerting PHAs of their intention to enforce requirements instituted by Congress through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 that requires carbon monoxide (CO) alarms or detectors be installed in certain HUD-assisted housing by December 27,...
CLPHA Strongly Objected to HUD’s Interpretation of HOTMA
HUD recently issued FAQ guidance notifying PHAs that HUD will not enforce the termination requirement of over-income (OI) public housing families who have been over income for two consecutive years, as required by section...
At the first monthly CLPHA membership call of 2022, we preview priorities from HUD and updates on the legislative and appropriations process.
KEEP HOUSING FUNDING IN BUILD BACK BETTER
Negotiations and progress on enacting Build Back Better legislation have reached an impasse, and Senate opponents to the bill, as written and passed by the House, have indicated they prefer a slimmed down, reduced funding bill.
Consequently, CLPHA...