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3.19.24 CLPHA Member Update
CLPHA is pleased to share our 2024 policy priorities. The convergence of a global pandemic, a worldwide climate crisis, and growing economic inequality will have a lasting impact on the actions we take to protect lives, reduce disparities, meet energy needs, and prepare for disasters. These events...
3.19.24 CLPHA Member Update
The Veterans Administration (VA) has published updated HUD-VASH guidance allowing PHAs with unleased HUD-VASH vouchers to serve as Designated Service Providers (DSPs) for the purposes of veteran selection and intake. The new HUD-VASH Operating Requirements provide new authorization...
3.15.24 CLPHA Member Update
HUD has launched a new website detailing protections against Source of Income (SOI) discrimination for families using Housing Vouchers, continuing its recent initiatives to combat SOI discrimination. The Source of Income Protections website serves as a “one-stop...
2.29.24 CLPHA Member Update
Today, HUD is releasing new resources clarifying HUD policies and laws that prohibit certain non-rent fees in its Multifamily,  Public Housing, and  Housing Choice Voucher/Project Based Voucher programs. These new resources make clear that certain fees, such as...
2.28.24 CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
8 CLPHA Members Earn VASH Awards We are pleased to announce that several of our members have been awarded crucial funding to support homeless veterans in finding permanent housing. HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently awarded $14 million in HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive...
2.27.24 Members Making News
Over 1,500 child welfare-involved families and 600 eligible foster youth across Washington State will now have access to much-needed housing assistance thanks to a historic agreement between the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and a network of public housing authorities and housing non-...
2.13.24 Research
The Harvard Joint Center released its annual America’s Rental Housing Report, confirming that rental unaffordability reached unprecedented levels, affecting 22.4 million households in 2022. This marked an increase of two million households since 2019, with 12.1 million households experiencing...
1.10.24 Research
A study published in the Journal of Housing Economics uses unique administrative data to estimate voucher lease-up rates and search times for about 85,000 new voucher recipients each year in 433 metropolitan housing authorities from 2015 to 2019. The study found that only 60% of recipients...
1.4.24 CLPHA Member Update
Details will be discussed at the February 6 EHV Working Group Meeting HUD recently published new guidance advising PHAs that administer the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program.     Cash Management Requirements Like the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, HUD controls the...
12.4.23 Members Making News
From HACLA's press release: Last week, on Wednesday, November 15th, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) and in partnership with the Los Angeles Mayor's Office, hosted a...

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