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CLPHA has signed on to a letter commenting on the design of EPA’s new Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund in partnership with the Preservation Working Group (PWG). The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund provides $27 billion to the EPA for expenditure until September 30, 2024.
These funds will be for...
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....
(Washington, DC) November 30, 2022 -- Statement from Sunia Zaterman, executive director of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, on the importance of finalizing the FY23 appropriations legislation:
“For the millions of families served by public housing authorities, it is critical...
Yesterday, CLPHA, the MTW Collaborative, NAHRO, and PHADA sent a joint letter to leadership of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to complete fiscal year 2023 (FY23) appropriations legislation for HUD programs by the December 16 deadline to avoid a long-...
Congress Needs To Increase Public And Affordable Housing Funding
Background:
The federal government is currently funded under a continuing resolution (CR) that expires December 16 this year. If the government does not take additional...
CLPHA has submitted comments on three proposed waivers on the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. These waivers are for BABA’s Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference (“Buy American Preference”, or “BAP”). The first waiver pertains to the public interest de minimis, small grants,...
Today, CLPHA, the MTW Collaborative, NAHRO, and PHADA sent a joint letter to leadership of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to express our support for, and revision to, our earlier funding and authorization requests for certain HUD programs.
In the letter we ask...
A new peer-reviewed study found that building multiple publicly subsidized low-income housing developments in a neighborhood doesn’t lower the value of other homes in the area and can in fact increase their worth. The study looked at 500 developments built in the Chicago area from 1997-2016 that...
According to NLIHC’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) database, approximately $16.1 billion of SLFRF funds have been invested in housing as of October 2022. States and localities have allocated around $6.3 billion of SLFRF funds for housing development, a figure that increased by over...
CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh submitted joint comments to HUD on the proposed streamlining of the mixed financing documents for public housing developments. These documents govern the various types of mixed-finance deals that include public-private partnerships and were last updated in 2018. HUD...