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From HUD Office of Public & Indian Housing Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard J. Monocchio's August 31 email to public housing authorities:
On Overdose Awareness Day, HUD recognizes the importance of national and local efforts to prevent overdose...
CLPHA Needs to Hear from You on HOTMA 104’s Potential Impacts
HUD recently published guidance titled “Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Program List of Discretionary Policies to Implement HOTMA,” which requires PHAs that administer the public housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)...
Feedback Needed by July 18
Recently, HUD published its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public input on forthcoming changes to Section 504 regulations, which prohibits disability discrimination in programs receiving HUD funds or financial assistance. HUD intends for the...
CLPHA has launched a new Green Funding Clearinghouse for member PHAs to easily view funding opportunities for green energy, climate resiliency, and disaster recovery. With a wide variety of funding opportunities across multiple federal agencies now available to PHAs, CLPHA has created...
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...

CLPHA Spring Meeting Stimulates Racial Equity & Inclusion Conversations, Draws Members of Congress to Discuss Their Visions for Public and Affordable Housing, and Celebrates Members’ Innovations and Accomplishments
CLPHA members gathered in the nation’s capital for our spring meeting to...

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...
Yesterday, HUD launched the new online submission module in the Operating Fund (“OpFund”) Web Portal. The new technology is designed to improve how PHAs submit data used to calculate their Operating Fund grants. HUD is hosting training sessions on HUD 52723/52722 online submissions...
CLPHA recently attended an NSPIRE Get Ready session with HUD on the development and implementation of NSPIRE Inspection Standards. CLPHA is sharing updated information on NSPIRE from recent meetings with HUD. All information presented here is subject to change as HUD shares more details....
CLPHA Continues to Advocate for Extended NSPIRE Implementation Timeline
On Friday, August 19, CLPHA attended a meeting in which HUD provided updates on the implementation of the proposed NSPIRE standards version 2.2. HUD noted that it is still reviewing the feedback received from many...