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Project SOAR Closeout Site Visit Summary
Program Evaluation Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
June 2020
The Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency for Education (ROSS-ED) Project SOAR grant program was an effort to improve access to higher education...
Yesterday, the House and Senate passed a spending package that includes FY21 funding for HUD programs and additional COVID-19 relief. On December 27 President Trump signed the package. See CLPHA’s summary of the spending package below.
CLPHA will continue advocating for deadline extensions that recognize the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Late on Friday, July 3, HUD issued PIH 2020-13, a second notice on COVID-19 waivers that the...
On June 29, the House passed H.R 7301, the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020. This stand-alone bill includes several provisions that were included in the HEROES Act and independently led by a number of Members of the Financial Services Committee. ...
On May 12, House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, offered the next supplemental funding and authorizing legislation for economic relief due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis. HR 6800, the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act” or the “HEROES Act” is a...
The most recent issue of Cityscape, the journal from HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research, is devoted to research on the impacts and implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs). The issue includes articles examining outcomes from HUD’s SAFMR demonstration, which was launched...
The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) marked its 75th anniversary during its annual meeting on July 17, 2019. The meeting’s 300 attendees celebrated HACM’s 75 years of working to provide safe, stable, affordable, and high-quality housing and supportive services to low-income...
The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) marked its 75th anniversary during its annual meeting on July 17, 2019. The meeting’s 300 attendees celebrated HACM’s 75 years of working to provide safe, stable, affordable, and high-quality housing and supportive services to low-income...
New reports by a variety of organizations – the National League of Cities, Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, and National Low-Income Housing Coalition – evaluate the current state of affordable housing form distinct...
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives voted 277-194 to approve a $383 billion spending package of five appropriations bills, including funding for the departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies.
The House-passed bill includes $50.1 billion for HUD, an...