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Recently, HUD released two new resources for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program on its website: EHV FAQs v.7 and the EHV Data Dashboard.
EHV FAQs
HUD’s seventh release of FAQs for EHVs answered many of CLPHA member questions...
On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed two Executive Orders in support of his COVID-19 Action Plan. The first Executive Order required the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to issue guidance mandating certain COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors and subcontractors....
Recently HUD issued a series of guidance documents to provide public housing agencies (PHAs) instructions on how to prepare for the expiration of certain waivers and administrative flexibilities authorized by HUD through the CARES Act to provide relief to PHAs, Indian tribes, and tribally...
On November 18, CLPHA hosted a webinar on Mobility Programs: Best Practices and Lessons Learned with featured guest speakers from King County Housing Authority, Seattle Housing Authority Chicago Housing Authority, and Housing Choice Partners. Each panelist shared...
You all have worked through challenging times over the past year and a half. Thank you to those of you who completed our COVID-19 survey issued in winter 2021 to assess COVID-19 needs and priorities within our member PHAs. You can see a summary of those results here. We are now re-issuing...
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR), a long-standing partner of CLPHA’s Housing Is Initiative, is co-convening the 2022 All-America City (AAC) Awards with the National Civic League. Every year the awards select a theme. This year, the 2022 AAC Awards are centering...
November 18 | 2-3:30 p.m. ET
Why run a housing mobility program? Housing mobility programs are a way to help families living in disadvantaged areas relocate to better-resourced neighborhoods. However, implementing a successful housing mobility program at a public housing authority is prone...
On October 28, after an appeal from President Biden to the House Democratic Caucus to support and pass the Administration’s social and domestic agenda for the reconciliation bill, the House Rules Committee posted the revised text and funding priorities for HR 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The...
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 October 22, CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC submitted joint comments on the proposed rule, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2021. The 2019 Public Charge Rule, (the 2019 Rule) ...