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1.18.24 CLPHA Member Update, CLPHA Advocacy
Legislation Introduced to Save the Program; Urge Your Members of Congress to Support This Bill The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced it will stop accepting new applications for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) after February...
3.27.23 CLPHA Advocacy
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...
9.28.22 CLPHA Advocacy
Housing Is to Host Roundtable on Next Steps on Behavioral Health Integration for PHAs  In 2020, 52.9 million adults were affected by mental illness. However, challenges like access and affordability make it hard for people to access care. Behavioral health has been a major challenge for PHAs...
3.18.21 CLPHA Advocacy, CLPHA Member Update
CLPHA endorsed Congressman Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) Ensuring a Long-Term Housing Recovery Act, which was introduced this week in the House of Representatives. The bill would utilize local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to provide rental assistance as the nation continues to address the...
12.2.20 CLPHA Advocacy, CLPHA Member Update
On Tuesday, CLPHA sent to the Agency Review Team our recommendations for public and affordable housing for the Biden-Harris administration. Our recommendations are based on what we have heard from our members about the challenges they face, and solutions they offer. The document begins...
6.10.20 CLPHA Advocacy, CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman Praises Waters’ Commitment to Public Housing  Last Friday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters joined Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles President & CEO Doug Guthrie at HACLA’s Avalon Gardens public housing community to...
5.18.20 CLPHA Advocacy
Thanks to the generosity of UnitedHealthcare Community & State, 45 PHAs will receive a total of 176,000 non-surgical, washable cloth masks, manufactured by clothing company Hanes, to share with their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. PHAs requested these masks to provide to staff...
12.6.19 CLPHA Advocacy
Next week, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) will re-introduce the Affordable Housing for Educational Achievement Demonstration Act of 2019 (the AHEAD Act). You may remember from our previous work on this important legislation that the AHEAD Act would provide funding to incentivize partnerships...
6.26.19 CLPHA Advocacy
Legislation to prevent carbon monoxide fatalities in public housing was approved by the House Committee on Financial Services today and now moves to the full House for consideration. The “Safe Housing for Families Act of 2019,” by Representative Jesus Garcia (D-IL) requires combination carbon...
4.25.19 CLPHA Advocacy
  CLPHA’s Communications Director Jenny Werwa (third from left) at the National Housing Conference’s Solutions for Housing Communications convening.   CLPHA is traveling across the country this month to discuss communications strategies and promote ourHousing Is work...

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