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12.15.21 Report
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released its annual Housing Impact Report on employment trends of career-age families during the pandemic. Researchers found that in 2020, publicly supported homes improved the housing and financial security of 5.8...
12.15.21 Report
HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on its survey of public housing authorities (PHAs) with a HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program. The HUD OIG review of challenges that participating PHAs face...
12.7.21 CLPHA Member Update
HUD recently released PIH Notice 2021-33 providing guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs) on the CARES Act Waiver Reporting Tool (CAWRT), HUD’s tool used to report COVID-19 waivers adopted as authorized the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. ...
12.2.21 CLPHA Member Update
On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed two Executive Orders in support of his COVID-19 Action Plan. The first Executive Order required the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to issue guidance mandating certain COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors and subcontractors....
12.1.21 Members Making News
Last month, the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency celebrated a major milestone -- SHRA has helped 10,000 families to remain in their homes with their Sacramento Emergency Rental Assistance (SERA) program! In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SHRA, in partnership with the City and the...
12.1.21 Members Making News
From TAP into Paterson: "The Housing Authority of Paterson (PHA) and the Paterson Division of Health are partnering to offer unvaccinated resident participating in the PHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) $100 per family member over the age of five that gets the vaccine. "Extensive...
12.1.21 CLPHA Member Update
Recently HUD issued a series of guidance documents to provide public housing agencies (PHAs) instructions on how to prepare for the expiration of certain waivers and administrative flexibilities authorized by HUD through the CARES Act to provide relief to PHAs, Indian tribes, and tribally...
11.18.21 Research
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released an updated report, Tracking the COVID-19 Economy’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships, which shows that key hardship indicators fell especially fast after the enactment of the American Rescue Plan on March 11,...
11.12.21 CLPHA Member Update
You all have worked through challenging times over the past year and a half. Thank you to those of you who completed our COVID-19 survey issued in winter 2021 to assess COVID-19 needs and priorities within our member PHAs. You can see a summary of those results here. We are now re-issuing...
11.2.21 Report
In a report published in September 2021, the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) examines how public housing authorities (PHAs) and affordable rental housing providers are assisting people with mental and physical health challenges, and...

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