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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. ...
Congratulations to CLPHA members Fresno Housing and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) on joining Harvard University's Opportunity's Insights' (OI) next cohort of its Creating Moves to Opportunity (CMTO) project! OI will work directly with "CMTOx sites" Fresno...
Help Tell the Story of How Afterschool Programs are Stepping Up and What Programs Need Going Forward
From the Afterschool Alliance:
Across the country, COVID-19 has impacted afterschool and summer programs and the young people and families who rely on them to keep kids safe and engaged in learning. It is important for funders, policy makers, education leaders, and the overall...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) is looking for interested PHAs to participate in the 2020 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition (IAH). IAH invites teams of graduate students from multiple disciplines to submit plans in...
On June 24, shortly after making the announcement during CLPHA’s 2020 Virtual Summer Membership Meeting, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced HR 7301, the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020. ...
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Left: Tracey Scott, Right: Charles Hillman
The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities is pleased to announce that Chicago Housing Authority Chief Executive Officer Tracey Scott and Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority President and Chief Executive Officer...
HUD recently announced the availability of up to $362,000 for one or more grants from FY 2019 funding from the Office of Policy Development and Research for a research project examining long-term outcomes for individuals following their exit from HUD-assisted housing. HUD's research...
The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities' Get It Back Campaign is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 23 at 3:00 p.m. ET for stakeholders to explore tools and strategies to conduct stimulus payments outreach in their communities.
Along with guests from United Way...
On Monday, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. ET, HUD PIH staff will be joined by representatives from HHS’s Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA) to provide information about how public housing authorities (PHAs) and Tribal Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) can encourage and provide telehealth...
On June 9, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “Oversight of Housing Regulators.” After welcoming Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Mark Calabria, the...