CLPHA supports the nation’s largest and most innovative housing authorities by advocating for the resources and policies they need to solve local housing challenges and create communities of opportunity. We frequently champion our members' issues, needs, and successes on the Hill, at HUD, and in the media. In these arenas CLPHA also advocates for legislation and policies that help our members, and the public and affordable housing industry as a whole, strengthen neighborhoods and improve lives.
Click below for links to congressional testimonies, statements for the record, action alerts, comments to HUD and other federal agencies, and the latest information about CLPHA's multi-pronged housing advocacy.
However, the joint letter is not enough!
It is critical that you follow up with your representatives and stress the need for providing additional resources to housing authorities as you work to deal with this devastating health and economic crisis.
Without your active engagement with your Members of Congress, policymakers on Capitol Hill will give lower priority to providing additional resources to housing authorities.
CLPHA is calling on members to step up efforts to ensure our funding requests are considered by Congress and included in the next economic stimulus package.
CLPHA strongly urges members to:
Over the past weekend of March 21, we asked CLPHA members to sign onto a letter to be sent to congressional leadership asking for emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in a COVID-19 stimulus package.
Sign on deadline for the letter has been extended. Negotiations for a third supplemental economic stimulus legislative package continue. The House Democrats under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi recently unveiled their separate stimulus package, and the possibility of a fourth economic stimulus legislative package is also being discussed.
Therefore, CLPHA is calling on members to re-double efforts to ensure our funding and regulatory relief requests are considered by Congress.
Specifically, CLPHA asks members to:
- Sign-on to the letter sent this past weekend, if you have not already done so
- Send a letter to your Members of Congress and ask them to support including emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in the next COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation. (see attached form letter)
- Ask your Members of Congress to urge the House and Senate Leadership to include emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in the next COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation.
BACKGROUND
HOUSE:
The Democratic proposal spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled on March 23, HR 6379, the “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act” introduced by Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), includes housing-related provisions in two main sections, Division A—Third Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, and Division I—Financial Services, Title I—Protecting Consumers, Renters, Homeowners and People Experiencing Homelessness. Division I wholly taken from HR 6321, “Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act” was also introduced on March 23 by House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA). Highlights from the Speaker’s package include:
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) – $158.827 billion
Management and Administration – $20 million to support activities by the Administrative Support Offices and Program Offices to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Funding would also support program administration and oversight for the $158.8 billion in emergency assistance provided to state, local, and tribal governments and housing authorities through this Act.
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – $1.5 billion to allow public housing agencies (PHAs) to respond to coronavirus and the ability to keep over 2.2 million families stably housed even when facing a loss of income. Allows PHAs the flexibility necessary for the safe and effective administration of these funds while maintaining fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and environmental protections.
Public Housing Operating Fund – $720 million for PHAs to carry out coronavirus response for the operation and management of almost 1 million public housing units. Allows PHAs the flexibility necessary for the safe and effective administration of these funds while maintaining fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and environmental protections.
Native American Programs – $350 million to address the needs of Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities in preventing, responding to, and preparing for coronavirus. This includes $250 million in formula funding through the Native American Housing Block Grants program and $100 million in imminent threat grants through the Indian Community Development Block Grant program.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS – $130 million to maintain operations, rental assistance, supportive services, and other necessary actions to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on low-income persons with HIV/AIDS.
Community Development Block Grant – $15 billion for coronavirus response and to mitigate the impacts in our communities: up to $8 billion to be distributed by formula to current grantees, $5 billion awarded directly to States, based on public health needs and other factors, and the remainder to be awarded on a rolling basis via a formula that prioritizes the risk of transmission of coronavirus, number of coronavirus cases, and economic and housing market disruptions resulting from coronavirus. The legislation also waives the public services cap to allow communities to respond to the impacts of the pandemic.
Homeless Assistance Grants – $5 billion for Emergency Solutions Grants to address the impact of coronavirus among individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and to support additional homeless assistance, prevention, and diversion activities to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic.
Emergency Rental Assistance – $100 billion to provide emergency assistance to help low-income renters at risk of homelessness avoid eviction due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Housing Assistance Fund – $35 billion for State housing finance agencies to provide housing or utility assistance to individuals and families to prevent foreclosure, eviction, mortgage delinquency, or loss of housing or critical utilities as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Assisted Housing Stability – A total of $1.1 billion for HUD multi-family housing programs to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus and ensure the continuation of rental contracts and necessary support services, including:
- Project-Based Rental Assistance – $1 billion;
- Section 202 Housing for the Elderly – $75 million; and
- Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities – $25 million.
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity – $7 million to address fair housing issues resulting from coronavirus. This includes $4 million for the Fair Housing Assistance Program and $3 million for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program.
DOT and HUD Oversight –
Inspectors General – $10 million total for the DOT and HUD Inspectors General to conduct audits and investigations to ensure transparency and efficiency within the agencies as they prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
SENATE:
The CARES Act, the third supplemental economic stimulus legislative package offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, contains the following provisions for HUD:
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT – $17.4 billion
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – $10 billion. CDBG is a flexible program that provides communities and states with funding to provide a wide range of resources to address COVID-19, such as services for senior citizens, the homeless, and public health services. Funding will be distributed using formula.
Homeless Assistance Grants – $4 billion. These funds will enable state and local governments to address coronavirus among the homeless population. These grants, in combination with additional waiver authority, will provide effective, targeted assistance to contain the spread of coronavirus among homeless individuals. These grants will also provide state and local governments with homelessness prevention funding for individuals and families who would otherwise become homeless due to coronavirus.
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – $1.25 billion. These funds will preserve Section 8 voucher rental assistance for seniors, the disabled, and low-income working families, who will experience loss of income from the coronavirus.
Public Housing Operating Fund – $685 million. These funds will provide Public Housing Agencies with additional operating assistance to make up for reduced tenant rent payments as well as to help contain the spread of coronavirus in public housing properties.
Native American Programs – $300 million. These funds will be used to prevent homelessness due to lost income from the coronavirus, as well as to contain the spread of coronavirus on tribal lands. These programs provide flexibility to local tribal governments and Tribally-Designated Housing Entities to respond to local conditions and needs.
Housing Opportunities for Person with Aids (HOPWA) – $65 million. HOPWA is dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS by giving grants to local communities, states, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Project-Based Rental Assistance – $1 billion. This additional funding will make up for reduced tenant payments as a result of coronavirus. Preserving this critical housing assistance will prevent low-income families and individuals from being at risk of homelessness.
Section 202 Housing for the Elderly – $50 million. These funds will maintain housing stability and services for low-income seniors. Seniors are particularly at risk from the coronavirus.
Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities – $15 million. This additional funding will make up for reduced tenant payments as a result of coronavirus.
Fair Housing – $2.5 million for additional fair housing enforcement.
HUD Administrative Expenses – $50 million. These funds will ensure that HUD’s programs are able to continue serving low-income vulnerable populations, while also providing states and local governments with resources to contain and respond to the coronavirus.
HUD Inspector General – $5 million. Funding for the HUD Inspector General to provide oversight and ensure funds provided are used for lawful purposes.
CLPHA joined with industry colleagues NAHRO, PHADA, and the MTW Collaborative today to send a statement to House and Senate Committee leadership urging their support for the ACC contract language included in the Senate’s FY20 THUD Appropriations bill.
Because HUD’s proposed revisions to the ACC contain some provisions that are problematic and were not resolved during a joint industry meeting with PIH Assistant Secretary Hunter Kurtz and HUD staff, the four groups remain concerned that without the Senate appropriations language, HUD’s new ACC will not meet the standards set in the Housing Act of 1937 and the current ACC.
ACTION:
As members of the House and Senate Appropriations committee negotiate the final THUD appropriations bill, it is imperative that CLPHA members contact their Senators and Representatives and urge them to support the Senate’s language on the ACC.
If your Senators or Representatives are appropriators (see the list below) it is critical that CLPHA members contact them this week and ask them to support the Senate’s THUD Appropriations language on the ACC.
If you have questions about this action alert or the current status of the ACC, please contact CLPHA’s Legislative Director Gerard Holder at gholder@clpha.org.
Members of the Appropriations Committees
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
MAJORITY |
State |
Dist. |
MINORITY |
State |
Dist. |
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Nita M. Lowey, Chairwoman |
NY |
17 |
Kay Granger, Ranking Member |
TX |
12 |
|
Marcy Kaptur |
OH |
9 |
Harold Rogers |
KY |
5 |
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Peter J. Visclosky |
IN |
1 |
Robert Aderholt |
AL |
4 |
|
Jose E. Serrano |
NY |
15 |
Michael K. Simpson |
ID |
2 |
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Rosa L. DeLauro |
CT |
3 |
John Carter |
TX |
31 |
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David E. Price, THUD Chair |
NC |
4 |
Ken Calvert |
CA |
42 |
|
Lucille Roybal-Allard |
CA |
40 |
Tom Cole |
OK |
4 |
|
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. |
GA |
2 |
Mario Diaz-Balart, THUD Ranking |
FL |
25 |
|
Barbara Lee |
CA |
13 |
Tom Graves |
GA |
14 |
|
Betty McCollum |
MN |
4 |
Steve Womack |
AR |
3 |
|
Tim Ryan |
OH |
13 |
Jeff Fortenberry |
NE |
1 |
|
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger |
MD |
2 |
Charles Fleischmann |
TN |
3 |
|
Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
FL |
23 |
Jaime Herrera Beutler |
WA |
3 |
|
Henry Cuellar |
TX |
28 |
David Joyce |
OH |
14 |
|
Chellie Pingree |
ME |
1 |
Andy Harris |
MD |
1 |
|
Mike Quigley, THUD Vice Chair |
IL |
5 |
Martha Roby |
AL |
2 |
|
Derek Kilmer |
WA |
6 |
Mark Amodei |
NV |
2 |
|
Matt Cartwright |
PA |
8 |
Chris Stewart |
UT |
2 |
|
Grace Meng |
NY |
6 |
Steven Palazzo |
MS |
4 |
|
Mark Pocan |
WI |
2 |
Dan Newhouse |
WA |
4 |
|
Katherine Clark |
MA |
5 |
John Moolenaar |
MI |
4 |
|
Pete Aguilar |
CA |
31 |
John Rutherford |
FL |
4 |
|
Lois Frankel |
FL |
21 |
Will Hurd |
TX |
23 |
|
Cheri Bustos |
IL |
17 |
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Bonnie Watson Coleman |
NJ |
12 |
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Brenda Lawrence |
MI |
14 |
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Norma Torres |
CA |
35 |
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Charlie Crist |
FL |
13 |
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Ann Kirkpatrick |
AZ |
2 |
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Ed Case |
HI |
1 |
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
MAJORITY |
State |
MINORITY |
State |
|
Richard C. Shelby |
AL |
Patrick J. Leahy, Vice Chair |
VT |
|
Mitch McConnell |
KY |
Patty Murray |
WA |
|
Lamar Alexander |
TN |
Dianne Feinstein |
CA |
|
Susan Collins, THUD Chair |
ME |
Richard J. Durbin |
IL |
|
Lisa Murkowski |
AK |
Jack Reed, Thud Ranking |
RI |
|
Lindsay Graham |
SC |
Jon Tester |
MT |
|
Roy Blunt |
MO |
Tom Udall |
NM |
|
Jerry Moran |
KS |
Jeanne Shaheen |
NH |
|
John Hoeven |
ND |
Jeff Merkley |
OR |
|
John Boozman |
AR |
Chris Coons |
DE |
|
Shelley Moore Capito |
WV |
Brian Schatz |
HI |
|
John Kennedy |
LA |
Tammy Baldwin |
WI |
|
Cindy Hyde-Smith |
MI |
Christopher Murphy |
CT |
|
Steve Daines |
MT |
Joe Manchin |
WV |
|
Marco Rubio |
FL |
Chris Van Hollen |
MD |
|
James Lankford |
OK |
The House of Representatives may vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
The bill – the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” – includes key reforms to the CDBG-DR program to help ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households.
The bill was introduced by Representatives Al Green (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) and passed out of the House Financial Services Committee this summer with unanimous support.
CDBG-DR provides states and communities with flexible, long-term recovery resources needed to rebuild affordable housing and infrastructure after a disaster. By formally authorizing the program, the bill would help ensure the process is administered consistently and that dollars can flow more quickly to communities in need. In addition, the bill includes important measures to ensure that scarce resources are targeted to families and communities with the greatest needs.
For more information on these important measures please see the fact sheet from our colleagues at the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition.
As a member of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, CLPHA is supporting NLIHC's Our Homes, Our Votes campaign to ensure the issue of housing affordability in America is front and center during the the October 15 presidential debate.
The campaign is urging CNN, The New York Times, and the moderators of the next debate—Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, and Marc Lacey—to ask the candidates about the most important issue impacting our economic wellbeing, health, educational success, and so much more – affordable homes.
Presidential candidates have released significant plans and proposals to address the country’s housing affordability crisis and are talking about these plans on the campaign trail like never before. Help us build the momentum and elevate housing affordability as a priority issue!
Sign Your PHA on the Letter Today
The City of New York is spearheading a sign-on letter for Mayors and municipal leaders across the country to request more funding for public housing from Congress. The letter thanks Congress for passing a bipartisan budget agreement which increases spending levels for domestic programs. With this increase, Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking Mayors and municipal leaders to call on Congress to support the effort to increase public housing funding. The letter calls on Congress to increase the Public Housing Capital Fund to $5 billion and to fund the Public Housing Operating Fund at 100 percent proration. "Increasing funding for these two essential programs will help ensure that nearly one million families will continue to have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing. It will also provide PHAs across the country with much-needed resources to operate and maintain the public housing stock in our communities." ACTION: CLPHA encourages member PHAs to contact your Mayors and municipal leaders and ask them to
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Widely supported bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) was reintroduced in the Senate and House today by Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Todd Young (R-IN) and Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-WA.), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2019 (S. 1701 and H.R. 3077) is estimated to incentivize the building of over 450,000 affordable homes over the next decade and generate $48.5 billion in wages and business income, $19.1 billion in additional tax revenue, and 510,000 jobs.
In the 115th Congress, AHCIA was cosponsored by more than 40 percent of all members of Congress. In 2018 two key provisions were enacted: a 12.5 percent Housing Credit allocation increase for four years (2018-2021), as well as “income averaging,” a provision that provides flexibility to serve a broader range of low, very-low, and extremely-low income families. This year’s legislation builds on last year’s bill and adds several new provisions to strengthen and improve the Housing Credit.
The ACTION Campaign, where CLPHA is a Steering Committee member, has prepared the following background materials about the AHCIA: a summary of key provisions, the full bill summary, and a description of changes between the previous and new versions.
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is leading an effort in the Senate to boost FY20 funding for public housing. His office has asked CLPHA for help in encouraging other Senators to sign onto the letter to the Appropriations Committee requesting full funding of the Public Housing Operating Fund at 100 percent proration, $5 billion for the Public Housing Capital Fund, and $200 million for the Choice Neighborhoods program.
The following messages are being sent to other U.S. Senators:
PUBLIC HOUSING:
Sen. Menendez is inviting other Senators to sign a Dear Colleague letter in support of the Public Housing Operating Fund and the Public Housing Capital Fund. The letter requests full funding of the Public Housing Operating Fund at 100 percent proration and $5 billion for the Public Housing Capital Fund. The Operating Fund provides the subsidies necessary to cover the difference between the rents paid by residents and the operating costs of the property. According to HUD, their request represents a 54 percent proration of formula eligibility for Operating Funds and eliminates the Capital Fund.
Please encourage your Senators to sign on by contacting Erika Calderon at Erika_Calderon@menendez.senate.gov.
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS:
Sen. Menendez is inviting other Senators to sign a Dear Colleague letter in support of $200 million for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Choice Neighborhoods program.
The Choice Neighborhoods program holds great promise as a way to improve economic opportunity, reduce concentrated poverty, and revitalize distressed communities. The program’s targeting of local community planning and implementation generates a ripple effect, attracting new private investment to the revived communities. For Fiscal Year’s 2010-2015, the program leveraged outside investment at a more than seven to one ratio, bringing in an additional $3.69 billion. The requested funding for FY 2020 would allow the Department to fund five to ten Planning and Action Grants, to be allocated through a competitive process, and six Implementation Grants.
The President’s FY20 budget eliminates funding for the Choice Neighborhoods program.
Please encourage your Senators to sign on by contacting Erika Calderon at Erika_Calderon@menendez.senate.gov.
Encourage Your Members of Congress to Write to Sec. Carson
CLPHA is hosting a member call on Friday, February 22 at 1:00 PM ET to solicit member feedback on the notice of changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) that was published on December 27. A draft of CLPHA’s comments is available here.
If you have an example of how the proposed conflict of interest policy creates inconsistencies with local or state requirements (page 6), please email Emily Warren at ewarren@clpha.org or share that information on the member call.
A set of talking points on the proposed changes to the ACC is available here. Please encourage your members of Congress to write to HUD to express their concern about the proposed changes.
Call Details:
Date: Friday, February 22
Time: 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT
Call in number: (719) 867-1571
Passcode: 349101


Congress Needs To Increase Public And Affordable Housing Funding |
Background: The federal government is currently funded under a continuing resolution (CR) that expires December 16 this year. If the government does not take additional action it runs out of money and has to shut down. Given the uncertainty of what will happen in the appropriations process during the next Congress beginning in January, it is critical that the current Congress finish the work already begun and pass a full year FY23 appropriations bill. CLPHA is particularly concerned with the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) proposed legislation currently in final negotiations between the House and Senate. CLPHA and industry partners recently sent a letter and revised joint appropriations request to the leadership of the House and Senate appropriations committees asking for specific funding levels and authorizing language be included in the final THUD appropriations bill. Among our requests, we ask Congress to increase funding for the HUD defined shortfalls in the public housing operating fund program to $345 million to accommodate all eligible housing authorities. We ask the committees to accept the Senate-proposed level of $364 million in set-aside funding for tenant protection vouchers (TPVs) since HUD recently indicated that the current demand for TPVs has exceeded its initial projections for FY23 and they again anticipate not being able to fund replacement TPVs for vacant units in calendar year 2023 without additional funding. We also ask that HUD be directed to determine the impact of recent changes to the calculation of FY23 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), because of the recent extension of regulatory waivers increasing payment standards up to 120 percent of the FMR in local housing markets affecting the need for additional housing assistance payments (HAP) set-aside funding.
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ACTION: CLPHA is calling on members to: 1) Ask your Members of Congress to support the recommendations included in the public housing industry joint funding request and joint industry letter. 2) Ask your Members of Congress to support the THUD funding bill. 3) Ask your Members of Congress to support final passage of a full-year FY23 appropriations bill.
For questions or additional information, contact Gerard Holder, CLPHA Legislative Director at gholder@clpha.org. |
CLPHA has submitted comments on three proposed waivers on the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. These waivers are for BABA’s Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference (“Buy American Preference”, or “BAP”). The first waiver pertains to the public interest de minimis, small grants, and minor components waiver of the Build America, Buy America provisions. The second waiver is about the public interest exigent circumstances waiver of Build America, Buy America provisions. The third waiver is a “blanket” phased implementation waiver which proposes an additional 90-day waiver of BABA’s requirements for HUD programs covered by the Act, except for iron or steel products purchased for infrastructure projects funded by CDBG formula grants obligated by HUD on or after November 15, 2022. More details on each proposed waiver, and CLPHA’s comments, are provided below.
CLPHA Comments on Recent HUD-Proposed BABA Waivers
- CLPHA members believe an adjustment period of at least one year beyond the expiration of the General Applicability Waiver of BABA is necessary prior to enforcing Buy American requirements.
- CLPHA encourages HUD to detach the $250,000 maximum threshold from this standard and set a higher amount that would be more appropriate to large-scale infrastructure projects.
- CLPHA requests that HUD only apply BABA requirements to the portion of project costs that are funded by HUD.
- The threshold for total costs allowed to be excluded should be raised from 5 percent to 25 percent of the total cost of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used and incorporated, and not capped by a set amount.
- PHAs should not be required to submit a separate waiver request for each individual procurement contract if the contracts are all part of the same project.
- CLPHA believes that it is in the public interest for HUD to adopt a wide-ranging interpretation of activities that are necessary to protect life, safety, security, or prevent destruction.
- PHAs should not have to wait for the 15-day comment period to pass before commencing activities necessary for emergency maintenance and repairs as well as health and safety-related work. HUD should expedite this waiver category or allow PHAs to begin work immediately and retroactively apply for the waiver.
- This waiver category should also be extended to the 17 types of waivers outlined in FR–6301–N–01 (Regulatory and Administrative Requirement Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters).
- CLPHA strongly recommends the phased implementation of the BAP be extended by one (1) full year.
- CLPHA recommends that HUD grandfather into compliance all projects with funding that was obligated before the date of implementation of the BAP.
- CLPHA recommends HUD begin a concerted outreach effort to educate and inform PHAs on the requirements of the BAP. These efforts could include creating one-page BABA overview documents, hosting webinars, providing technical assistance and training, drafting guidance and Frequently Asked Questions documents, and improving the BABA webpage.
CLPHA will continue to monitor BABA and will provide members with updates as they become available. If you have any questions, please contact Malcolm Guy, CLPHA’s Policy and Research Analyst.
Today, CLPHA, the MTW Collaborative, NAHRO, and PHADA sent a joint letter to leadership of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to express our support for, and revision to, our earlier funding and authorization requests for certain HUD programs.
In the letter we ask Congress to provide an additional $345 million and dedicate it to the Public Housing Operating Fund (PHOF) specifically to address shortfall funding for eligible housing authorities in the FY23 HUD appropriations legislation and to accordingly adjust the overall funding for the PHOF to enable full funding of the account.
We also ask the committees to accept the Senate-proposed level of $364 million in set-aside funding for tenant protection vouchers (TPVs) and to direct HUD to determine the impact of increased fair market rents (FMRs) and regulatory waivers on the need for additional housing assistance payment (HAP) set-aside funding.