CLPHA Executive Director Voices Concerns to Affordable Housing Finance about Shutdown’s Negative Impact on Low-Income Families

Date Published: 
January 9th, 2019

Today, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman  was quoted in Affordable Housing Finance discussing how the shutdown threatens the stability of low-income households. Though HUD has prepared payments for housing vouchers and the public housing operating subsidy through February, Zaterman notes that the “existential threat” for voucher holders looms given the uncertainty of when the shutdown will end. If housing authorities cannot utilize HUD funding after February, there is a risk that that they will not be able to pay landlords and that landlords will subsequently begin to evict voucher-holding tenants.

Zaterman added that as HUD funding remains suspended due to the shutdown, local housing authorities are growing increasingly concerned about how they will maintain properties, make repairs, and pay employees.

CLPHA will continue our advocacy in support of PHAs and will provide members with additional news about the shutdown as we learn it.

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