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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...
HUD has extended the comment period for the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule by two weeks. Comments will now be due on Monday, April 24. This comes after CLPHA and its industry partners NAHRO, PHADA, and the MTW Collaborative sent a letter to HUD ...
CLPHA is pleased to announce that Lisa Bova-Hiatt, Interim CEO of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), was elected to CLPHA's board of directors at the board's March 2023 meeting.
Lisa Bova-Hiatt was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority on...
We are pleased to announce that the Housing Authority Birmingham District (HABD) has become a member of CLPHA!
HABD operates over 11,000 combined public housing units and Housing Choice Vouchers. Dontrelle Young-Foster serves as HABD's President & CEO. Learn more about HABD...
From the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's press release:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today the appointment of new members to the Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council.
The Dodd-...
From an op ed in The Oklahoman written by Mark Gillett, executive director of the Oklahoma City Housing Authority, and Dan Straughan, Terri White, Jennifer Goodrich:
Our city is on the cusp of an investment that will change the lives and futures of thousands of people. Oklahoma City has over...
From WCPO 9 Cincinnati:
Ten different buildings housing 15 different units on the east side will get a renovation thanks to a $2 million grant awarded from the Economic Development Initiative to the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, according to CMHA.
CMHA is a public housing agency that...
From NBC 5 DFW:
Construction is underway at a mixed-income housing complex in Fort Worth named after long-time activist and educator, Opal Lee.
The complex is named “The Opal” in honor of Opal Lee, known nationally as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.” Lee is known for her campaign to ...
From the Chicago Fire's press release:
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Fire Football Club, Alderman Jason Ervin (28th Ward), and the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) today announced the signing of a ground lease for a new training facility for Chicago’s Major League Soccer (MLS) team in the...