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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...
HUD announced this week that 18 PHAs have been selected for a new Asset Building cohort as part of an expansion of the Moving-to-Work (MTW) Demonstration Program. This new MTW cohort will evaluate asset-building activities that encourage assisted households to create and grow savings accounts and/...
HUD has announced the newest opportunity for PHAs with 6,000 or less combined units of public housing and HCV units to apply for the fourth cohort of the MTW Expansion, which will test asset building initiatives (Asset Building Cohort). Asset Building Initiatives are defined as activities that...
From ABC 4 Salt Lake City:
The Housing Authority of Salt Lake City (HASLC) has been awarded a position through a federal program that will expand affordable housing efforts in the state.
HASLC is now part of the Moving to Work Landlord (MTW) Incentive cohort, which was created by the U.S....
On January 27 HUD announced their selection of agencies for Cohort 3 of MTW expansion. Cohort 3 consists of mid and large-sized PHAs and will be charged with evaluating landlord incentives and their impact on participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program.
CLPHA congratulates our...
HUD recently released PIH Notice 2021-33 providing guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs) on the CARES Act Waiver Reporting Tool (CAWRT), HUD’s tool used to report COVID-19 waivers adopted as authorized the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. ...
Recently, the HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) announced the latest release of the new Inventory Management System/PIH Information Center (IMS/PIC). HUD anticipates that the new system will better integrate with public housing authority (PHA) software, streamline the flow of...
On Friday, June 17, HUD issued two notices regarding the latest information for Cohort #3 and Cohort #4 of the expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program.
Per the first notice, HUD has officially rescinded the request for...
Congratulations to the four CLPHA members named to HUD’s second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) program expansion! The CLPHA members are:
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (OH)
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (NC)
Fort Wayne Housing...
From Clark County Today:
The housing authority and its nonprofit Bridgeview are focused on helping those who are unemployed or underemployed build self-sufficiency
To build up the child care workforce, Vancouver Housing Authority is financially incentivizing tenants who become employed in a...