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The Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies will meet in open session to mark up the “Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Act, 2020” at 11:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
The markup will be broadcast live on the...
The City of New York is spearheading a sign-on letter for Mayors and municipal leaders across the country to request more funding for public housing from Congress. The letter thanks Congress for passing a bipartisan budget agreement which increases spending levels for domestic programs...
On September 5, the Trump Administration issued its plan for housing finance reform that would make significant changes to the federal government’s role in the mortgage market. In addition to ending conservatorship for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (...
In the August 19 Federal Register, HUD issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding changes to the disparate impact standard, which is used to establish liability under the Fair Housing Act for unjustified discriminatory impact on protected classes. In the notice, HUD claims...
Yesterday, executives from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) and the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) discussed their commitment and programmatic efforts to house people experiencing homelessness in the city and county of Los Angeles during a field hearing of...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) recently published its fiscal years 2017 and 2018 Biennial Report. According to PD&R, the goal of their report is to inform those who use the data and research PD&R produces about who PD&R is, what PD&R does, and some input...
A new report published by the Center for American Progress outlines how extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are worsening America’s affordable housing and homelessness crises. Low-income Americans are more likely to experience displacement and homelessness as a result of natural...
The A Call To Invest in Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) Campaign, where CLPHA is a Steering Committee member, recently published a series of fact sheets that show the impact of the Housing Credit in every congressional district, including the number of affordable apartments created or preserved, the...
On July 26, HUD issued a notice announcing a new initiative to provide Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) to youth aging out of foster care. HUD describes the program, known as the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative, as one designed to address the unmet housing needs of youth aging of...
Sens. Schatz and Young Introduce Bipartisan Companion Legislation to Reform CDBG-DR Assistance
On July 11, 2019 Representative Al Green (D-TX) introduced HR 3702, the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019,” along with cosponsor Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO). As senior members of the House...