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Late last week, the Department of the Treasury released a new set of FAQs on the emergency rental assistance (ERA) program, along with a fact sheet to help grantees expedite funds, provide housing stability services, and prevent evictions. This most recent version of FAQs...
On June 25, 2021, CLPHA and our counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments in response to HUD’s request for comment on the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) interim rule, which was issued on January 30, 2015. Congress created the HTF program in 2008 to fund the development and preservation of...
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced that the agency has extended its eviction moratorium through July 31, 2021. The moratorium was scheduled to expire on June 30, 2021, and this is intended to be the final extension of the moratorium.
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Per the first notice, HUD has officially rescinded the request for...
On June 9, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “Universal Vouchers: Ending Homelessness and Expanding Economic Opportunity in America.” At the hearing Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) spoke strongly in support of her recently introduced bill to create an...
In an opening legislative salvo to advance the public policy goal of guaranteeing universal housing vouchers to all eligible families, a trio of three key members of the U.S. House of Representatives have circulated a draft proposal among stakeholders that is being readied for introduction in the...
Last week, HUD released a notice for Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Definitions and Certifications. The purpose of this notice is to reinstate the previous 2015 AFFH rule and processes that were repealed and replaced without a ...