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HUD has announced a total of $116 million in Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program awards to 714 PHAs. The awards include $109 million to 682 PHAs for the 2022 Renewal FSS Program, and an additional $6 million to 32 PHAs and 38 Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) owners for the 2022...
Meeting topics include various updates from CLPHA on HUD policy and programs, plus the latest developments in Washington, D.C., including FY23 appropriations and the new makeup of Congress. We also hear from members on their initiatives focused on justice-involved individuals.
CLPHA 360: Public & Affordable Housing News
CLPHA 360: Public & Affordable Housing News
The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) is one of the leading housing authorities in the field of digital equity, offering several services to residents to improve digital inclusion. Eight years ago, HACA identified that their residents were missing out on the many online services and...
On November 3, 2022, the Stanford Social Innovation Review released a new article as part of their Collaboration for Housing Justice Series. “Housing and Health: Creating Solutions with Communities” provides findings from the Kresge Foundation from their 31 grantees who are working in the...
We are pleased to announce that Mobile Housing Authority has become a member of CLPHA!
Under the leadership of executive director Michael Pierce, MHA operates over 7,000 combined public housing units and Housing Choice Vouchers in the City of Mobile, Alabama. Learn more about MHA at mobilehousing...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research recently highlighted initiatives in Atlanta, Louisville, and Milwaukee that are expanding homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate-income families. Despite the trend of LMI residents being priced out by for-profit institutional investors who...
A new paper published by the Housing Crisis Research Collaborative found that renters living in communities of color, and in high-poverty, lower-income, and lower-rent neighborhoods were more likely to experience financial distress. The authors also found that emergency rental assistance (ERA) was...
City of Seattle distributing free ORCA Cards to more than 10,000 Seattle Housing Authority residents
From the Seattle Housing Authority's press release:
Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) are partnering with the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) to provide free unlimited-use ORCA cards to all residents living in SHA-owned and managed housing through December...
CLPHA Encourages Members to Join the Administration’s Resident-Centered Housing Challenge
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced several new actions to increase fairness in the rental market and further principles of...