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From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
Nearly 60 schools locally and from across the country were represented Tuesday at the Take Flight College Send-Off – the largest turnout in the event’s 14-year history with 200 incoming freshman being provided a fond farwell at Huntington Bank...
CLPHA Concerned about Impact of Offsets and RFIF Methodology That May Leave PHAs Vulnerable to Shortfall
On August 9, HUD released a notice to inform PHAs that they would be applying a second offset to excess HAP...
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's website:
More than 100 DC Housing Authority youth residents spent Tuesday at the Washington Commanders Training Camp with franchise legend, Darrell Green.
With the support of the Green Family Foundation, the DCHA youth residents traveled to...
From the Housing Authority of the City of San Bernardino's newsletter:
The City of San Bernardino and HACSB are partnering to bring electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to the next phase of housing development at the Arrowhead Grove housing community in San Bernardino. In July, the project...
On August 1, HUD posted new FAQs on the EHV website which provide guidance on the termination of vouchers and shortfalls, covered in PIH Notice 2023-14. These FAQs also provide guidance on the expanded uses of service fees detailed in PIH Notice 2023-23.
These guidelines...
Today, HUD announced policy changes to the VASH program aimed at improving access to housing opportunities for veterans with service-connected disability benefits. HUD is expanding access to HUD-VASH by requiring PHAs to set initial income eligibility for veterans at 80% of AMI, rather...
The Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) has named James Arthur Jemison their new executive director. He takes over the role from Sandra Henriquez, who retired from DHC earlier this year. CLPHA congraluates Mr. Jemison on his new role and wishes Ms. Henriquez the best of luck in her next chapter.
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Inadequate collaboration and obstacles to collaboration are major impediments to improving Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) goals, according to the Blueprint for Action Report published by the Convergence Collaborative on Social Factors of Health. The Collaborative brought together a group of...
Ensuring that middle-income housing programs complement, rather than detract from, efforts to assist low-income renters is the key recommendation from The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University’s recently published study entitled Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and...