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6.29.21
Late last week, the Department of the Treasury released a new set of FAQs on the emergency rental assistance (ERA) program, along with a fact sheet to help grantees expedite funds, provide housing stability services, and prevent evictions.
6.29.21
On June 25, 2021, CLPHA and our counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments in response to HUD’s request for comment on the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) interim rule, which was issued on January 30, 2015. Congress created the HTF program in 2008 to fund the development and preservation of affordable housing for extremely low- and very low-income tenants. CLPHA and R&C’s latest comments aim to...
6.25.21
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
6.21.21
On Friday, June 17, HUD issued two notices regarding the latest information for Cohort #3 and Cohort #4 of the expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program.
6.18.21
On June 9, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “Universal Vouchers: Ending Homelessness and Expanding Economic Opportunity in America.” At the hearing Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) spoke strongly in support of her recently introduced bill to create an entitlement program for housing vouchers, saying “[I]f we had this in place prior to the pandemic, so that a...