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CLPHA, Reno & Cavanaugh, and the MTW Collaborative have submitted comments on the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule. CLPHA and Reno underwent a lengthy feedback-gathering process that included several meetings with members to develop...
HUD has extended the comment period for the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule by two weeks. Comments will now be due on Monday, April 24. This comes after CLPHA and its industry partners NAHRO, PHADA, and the MTW Collaborative sent a letter to HUD ...
CLPHA along with its industry partners NAHRO, PHADA, and the MTW Collaborative have sent a letter to HUD requesting an extension of the comment window for the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) proposed rule. The lengthy 75-page notice touches on matters core to the missions and...
CLPHA is requesting feedback from members on specific aspects of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule by Tuesday, April 4. Specific items we are looking for feedback on are contained in this memo from CLPHA counsel Reno & Cavanaugh. More detailed analysis of...
Protecting, expanding. and providing affordable housing has never been so important.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that housing instability and homelessness have disastrous effects on our national economic and public health. Public housing authorities (PHAs) are our nation’s most effective...
On August 18, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman sent the following letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal's opinions page refuting the many false claims made by President Trump and Secretary Carson in their recent op-ed defending the Trump Administration's elimination of the...
The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities has endorsed H.R. 4351, the Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Act. The YIMBY Act, originally co-sponsored by Representatives Denny Heck (D-WA) and Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), is a bipartisan housing bill that seeks to...
On August 7, HUD published its new final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule in the Federal Register, entitled “Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice.” This new rule, published without a proposed rule giving the public opportunity to...
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Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
August 3, 2020
New Rule Illegally ...
Letter Calls on HUD Secretary Carson to Withdraw the Rule
CLPHA and our counsel Reno & Cavanaugh today sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson expressing vehement opposition to HUD’s Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice Final Rule (the “New AFFH Rule”) ...