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1.2.24 CLPHA Member Update
HUD has awarded Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) renewal funding to 753 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and Multifamily Property Owners totaling $120 million. The funding will be used to support 1,380 FSS Coordinators around the country. All renewal applicants were granted the full amount for which...
11.15.23 CLPHA Member Update
HUD has published the updated Family Self-Sufficiency Achievement Metrics (FAM) Scores in the Federal Register. HUD has also re-calibrated the baseline for determining FAM Scores using the PIH Information Center (PIC) data through 2019. The FAM Score consists of three components: Earnings...
3.27.23 CLPHA Advocacy
Protecting, expanding. and providing affordable housing has never been so important. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that housing instability and homelessness have disastrous effects on our national economic and public health. Public housing authorities (PHAs) are our nation’s most effective...
2.8.23 Members Making News
From the Housing Authority of the City of Austin's press release: The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $460,229 to renew its existing Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Programs for...
1.30.23 CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
HUD has announced a total of $116 million in Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program awards to 714 PHAs. The awards include $109 million to 682 PHAs for the 2022 Renewal FSS Program, and an additional $6 million to 32 PHAs and 38 Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) owners for the 2022...
9.27.22 Members Making News
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release: Chicago Housing Authority residents who participated in the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program received their certificates of completion this month at an FSS graduation ceremony at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center. FSS is one of...
8.4.22 CLPHA Member Update
In May, CLPHA announced that HUD released the long-awaited FSS Final Rule that made significant changes to the program, including changes to FSS escrow account requirements. Recently, HUD published additional guidance related to the establishment of the FSS escrow account, the use of forfeited FSS...
7.23.22 Legislative Reports
On July 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a 220 to 207 vote the first funding minibus legislation for the upcoming 2023 fiscal year. HR 8294, the “FY2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act” is the minibus comprised of six bills from six of the twelve House appropriations subcommittees....
6.2.22 CLPHA Member Update
Recently, CLPHA announced that HUD published the long-awaited Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Final Rule in the Federal Register on May 17, 2022, that made significant changes to program funding, enrollment, escrow calculations, extension and graduation requirements. The second part of the rule...
5.16.22 CLPHA Member Update
The long-awaited Family Self-Sufficiency Final Rule will be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register. The pre-publication copy of the rule released today highlights that the rule will implement many changes to the FSS program, including:   changing the methodology for determining...

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