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CLPHA and its counsel Reno & Cavanaugh have prepared our comments on the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and are ready to receive members’ feedback. CLPHA and Reno underwent a lengthy feedback-gathering process that included several...
HUD Opens Applications for New $10 Million for Choice Neighborhoods Planning Efforts
HUD announced on Tuesday more than $98 million in “Supplemental Grant” awards for Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grantees...
CLPHA and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a webinar to provide PHAs with an overview of climate resiliency funds now available through the Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP). Dr. Henry McKoy joined the webinar and gave details on applying for various environmental...
HUD has published Renewal Funding Inflation Factors (RFIFs) to adjust Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 renewal funding for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. The notice apportions the expected percent change in national Per Unit Cost (PUC) for the HCV program, 9.60%, to each PHA based on the...
CLPHA Spring Meeting Stimulates Racial Equity & Inclusion Conversations, Draws Members of Congress to Discuss Their Visions for Public and Affordable Housing, and Celebrates Members’ Innovations and Accomplishments
CLPHA members gathered in the nation’s capital for our spring meeting to...
Prominent urban designer and planner Peter Calthorpe recently sat for an interview around his upcoming book on Ending Global Sprawl and to discuss newly passed California legislation he helped craft. Calthorpe contributed to the formation of California AB 2011, the “Affordable Housing and High...
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation's (PAHRC) new report, How Public Housing Authorities are Addressing Equity, finds that while more than four out of five public housing agencies (PHAs) surveyed have implemented a strategy to help residents achieve successful outcomes, only one...
A new issue brief from Pew Charitable Trusts outlines the challenges and opportunities of providing broadband in affordable rental housing. The authors interviewed experts in housing, broadband, and digital equity (including CLPHA), as well as personnel from federal and state agencies that provide...
HUD has posted the FY 2023 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to www.grants.gov on April 4, 2023. Up to $10 million for Planning Grants are made available through the NOFO.
Planning Grants are two-year grants of up to $500,000 each that...