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Meeting topics include various updates from CLPHA on HUD policy and programs, plus the latest developments in Washington, D.C on EHVs and the ACC.
From King County Housing Authority's press release:
The King County Housing Authority, in partnership with a number of organizations across the county working to help people experiencing homelessness, has achieved a lease-up rate of 90 percent for the 762 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) it was...
EHV Leasing Faster Than Any Previous HUD Voucher Program
HUD announced today that the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program, created under the American Rescue Plan Act, has leased up 35,000 EHVs. This represents 50 percent of the 70,000 EHVs allocated in the American Rescue Plan Act and...
73-year-old Chicago resident Joe Ann Wilson spent nearly two decades in the same apartment, but during the COVID-19 pandemic she was forced to leave her home due to rising rents and subsequently moved between homeless shelters for a year and a half.
With help from Lakynna Dorrough, a rapid...
HUD recently published new guidance on the process for revocation and reallocation of Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) awards. Notice PIH 2021-15 previously stipulated that “if a PHA fails to lease its authorized EHVs within a reasonable period of time, HUD...
From The DC Line:
Dr. Catherine Crosland, medical director of emergency response sites at Unity Health Care, remembers an older man she used to care for — one of the first people admitted to DC’s Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals, or PEP-V, in the early days of the...
Meeting held May 23, 2022. Meeting topics include various updates on HUD policy and programs, highlights from CLPHA’s 8th Annual Housing Is Summit, and discussions on digital equity strategies and administrative fee funding for supportive services.
Today, HUD released its latest update to the EHV Dashboard to provide a summary, at the PHA-level, of the reported expenses for the EHV administrative and service fee. As a reminder, PHAs must report EHV Service Fees expenses each month in the EHVP tab of VMS. For more information on ...
On March 10, HUD released two PIH Notices: PIH Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) – Reallocation of Awards (PIH Notice 2022-06) and Emergency Safety and Security Grants Annual Funding Notification and Application Process (PIH Notice 2022-05).
Reallocation of EHVs
On May 10, 2021, HUD...