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From WCVB Boston:
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Tuesday announced a plan to invest $2.78 billion in capital expenses over five years. He calls it the "Imagine Boston Capital Plan."
The budget plan, which covers the years of 2020 through 2024, would dictate what the city spends on public...
From The Salt Lake Tribune:
Pamela Atkinson has been an icon for decades, symbolizing to many Utah’s commitment to helping its homeless, refugees and other disadvantaged populations.
Now, the longtime advocate and faith leader — a woman Gov. Gary Herbert refers to as the Beehive...
Mark your calendars: May 30 through June 5 is the third annualOur Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action and it’s not too late for your agency to participate. Organizers within the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding are once again hoping to have more than 100...
CLPHA’s Communications Director Jenny Werwa (third from left) at the National Housing Conference’s Solutions for Housing Communications convening.
CLPHA is traveling across the country this month to discuss communications strategies and promote ourHousing Is work...
Executives and staff from the 39 public housing authorities that participate in the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration program gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the 2019 MTW Conference, Bringing Innovation Home. The meeting featured learning tracks focused on improving resident outcomes,...
The Department of Education (ED) listed applications for new awards for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPS) Program in the Federal Register on April 16, 2019. The CCAMPS program application is open to postsecondary institutions who are interested in providing campus-based...
Over one in five college students—and over two in five community college students—are parents, according to a recent study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Student parents are most likely to attend community colleges, but also make up 17, 18, and 13 percent of public four-year...
In REBusinessOnline.com’s article “Austin Multifamily Market’s New Focus: Workforce Housing,” Kevin Bowen, senior vice president of Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, discusses the Austin City Council’s work to implement its Strategic Housing Blueprint, which includes efforts to increase...
On April 17, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input on several major issues related to Opportunity Zones. The notice from HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) provides information on the intersection of Opportunity Zones and affordable housing nationally...
WASHINGTON (April 22, 2019) - On April 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a proposed rule for Congressional review to disallow undocumented immigrants from living in federally subsidized housing. The notice is not yet publicly available but will eventually be posted...