In response to persistent advocacy efforts by CLPHA and our industry colleagues, HUD announced last week that it will withdraw the new public housing funds Annual Contribution Contract (ACC) that became effective in May 2018. As CLPHA’s counsel Reno and Cavanaugh succinctly explained, this ACC was controversial to PHAs for a number of reasons, including lack of transparency in process, automatic acceptance of contract by drawing down capital funds, and substantive changes made without sufficient notice under the Administrative Procedures Act.