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From the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC):
Lack of affordable housing is a barrier for many in America and has left many community college students facing homelessness.
More than a quarter (26.6%) of all public community colleges have on-campus housing. And in the...
From the Fairfax County and Redevelopment Authority's press release:
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) plans to implement a major increase in the rental assistance to individuals with serious mental illness.
During their March 14, 2024 meeting, the FCRHA’s...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' website:
On Monday, March 18th, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) joined Rep. Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) to celebrate $235,000 in federal funding secured by the...
From the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and Tacoma Public Schools (TPS) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish and collaborate on the creation of a local waitlist preference that prioritizes families of TPS students who are...
A newly published HUD study examined housing trajectories of family households with children who leave HUD’s Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs, specifically focusing on housing tenure, housing stability, and neighborhood attainment. The findings suggest that when people move...
From WBMA Birmingham:
The city of Birmingham, Birmingham City Schools, and the Housing Authority of the District of Birmingham (HABD) launched the "Every Day Counts" initiative in January as an effort to combat the issue of chronic absenteeism in schools.
This effort came...
From the Boston Housing Authority's website:
Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday celebrated the completion of J.J. Carroll House, a deeply affordable housing development in the Brighton neighborhood built in partnership between 2Life Communities, the Boston Housing Authority, and the City of Boston’s...
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities’ (CLPHA) Housing Is Initiative and the Moving to Work (MTW) Collaborative, held a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill entitled “Housing. Education. Health: Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Life...
CLPHA is pleased to share our 2024 policy priorities.
The convergence of a global pandemic, a worldwide climate crisis, and growing economic inequality will have a lasting impact on the actions we take to protect lives, reduce disparities, meet energy needs, and prepare for disasters. These events...