Latest News
CLPHA recently received a request for information regarding our members' housing needs related to FEMA or disaster recovery. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is currently being drafted, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's (D-WA) office sees a potential opportunity to...
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) details how enhanced coordination between HUD and FEMA could improve disaster shelter and housing assistance. The study examines how HUD can improve coordination with FEMA and local housing providers using its existing programs, as...
HUD has announced an overhaul of its disaster recovery efforts with the establishment of a new office focused solely on disaster management and recovery. HUD has created the new Office of Disaster Management (ODM) in the Office of the Deputy Secretary, and the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR)...
Proactive preparation now can help your PHA respond more effectively and efficiently should bad times strike. HUD Exchange's PHA Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery Webinar Series is designed to help PHAs do just that. Each webinar covers a different type of...
From the Virgin Islands Daily News:
The V.I. Housing Authority has begun a $117 million rehabilitation of the Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion housing community, kickstarting the authority’s revamp of affordable housing in the territory.
The project is being undertaken in concert with stateside company...
From HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R):
Bayshore Villas embodies Puerto Rico’s new vision for affordable housing. Replacing an outdated public housing development in San Juan’s Puerta de Tierra neighborhood, the 174-unit complex is the commonwealth’s second mixed-income...
Earlier this month, HUD announced 27 temporary regulatory and administrative waivers directed at increasing the speed of recovery efforts for communities still dealing with the impact of Hurricane Ida. This new collection of waivers are associated with several Community Planning and...
For those applicants located in presidentially declared disaster areas, HUD is extending the deadline for the FY21 Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to October 1, 2021. Published in July, the FY21...
While we may not know the full extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Ida or the California wildfires, our thoughts immediately turn to the most vulnerable segments of our population: low-income families and those who risk displacement from their homes.
The Council of Large Public Housing...
From Texas Public Radio:
Lack of water and power has not made weathering the recent winter storm easy in San Antonio.
Some Texans have lost all power, some are without water, and many are lining up outside H-E-Bs across the state to buy food, propane and bottled water.
...
There are a few...