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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on Friday appointed six members, consisting of NYCHA officials and tenant association presidents, to the newly minted Preservation Trust board—part of the struggling authority’s plan to raise billions of federal dollars to repair...
HUD has released the pre-publication copy of the final rule for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). The Final Rule contains information on the implementation timeline, the new affirmative standards, the frequency of inspections, addressing and appealing...
Recently, CLPHA held a series of listening sessions to hear members’ concerns with HUD’s proposed NSPIRE Scoring Methodology. CLPHA has prepared comments on the proposed rule for members to review. Members are encouraged to use CLPHA’s letter to guide their own comments. Comments are due to...
On April 18, 2023, the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) convened their first budget hearing for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Secretary Marcia...
From Bloomberg:
Next to the six-lane highway that bursts westward out of the Holland tunnel, a humble 80-year-old, four-story development is nestled among the sparkling new high-rise condominiums in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Holland Gardens, one of Jersey City’s five public housing complexes...
CLPHA members gathered in the nation’s capital for our spring meeting to celebrate the work of our members, hear from Members of Congress, receive legislative and policy updates, and discuss topics relevant to public housing authorities. The meeting started on a historic note with the recognition...
CLPHA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host an exclusive webinar for CLPHA members that will provide an overview of climate resiliency funds available to PHAs on Monday, April 7 at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM ET. It is a follow-up discussion from the Environmental...
April 7 | 1:00 p.m. ET
CLPHA will host a member discussion on April 7 at 1:00 p.m. ET via Zoom to gather feedback on the proposed NSPIRE Scoring Methodology. CLPHA will use the feedback gathered during this meeting to guide its comments. Members can view CLPHA’s analysis of the...
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...
At the CLPHA Spring Meeting, HUD REAC Deputy Assistant Secretary Ash Sheriff announced that a preview of the NSPIRE Scoring Methodology has been published. The scoring notice outlines the scoring methodology, the expected sampling strategy, and the justification for scoring decisions. Notably, HUD...