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Recently, HUD published guidance alerting PHAs of their intention to enforce requirements instituted by Congress through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 that requires carbon monoxide (CO) alarms or detectors be installed in certain HUD-assisted housing by December 27,...
This week, HUD awarded $51.4 million in housing counseling grants to 177 HUD-approved housing counseling agencies and intermediary organizations. The funding supports housing counseling agencies in their critical work to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on housing,...
Research Shows Rental Markets Have Absorbed Previous Voucher Expansions Without Major Rent Increases
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently published a report disputing suggestions that providing rental assistance to more families through the Build Back Better (BBB) bill will drive up rents by increasing demand for housing or enabling landlords to overcharge. The report...
From Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority CEO Charles Hillman's op-ed in The Columbus Dispatch:
The Columbus Dispatch, in partnership with The Columbus Foundation, deserves praise for presenting the Columbus Conversation: "Can People Afford to Live Here?" on Dec. 14.
The community forum...
This fall, the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) conducted a national survey of 119 legal aid and civil rights attorneys to observe how tenants are faring after the federal eviction moratorium ended in August 2021. This follow-up survey to the NHLP July 2020...
Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, HUD issued two new PIH notices: PIH Notice 2021-31 Public Housing Operating Subsidy Grant Eligibility Calculations and Processing for Calendar Year (CY) 2022 & PIH Notice 2021-32 Extension of American Rescue Plan Act – Adjustment Funding for Calendar Year...
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...
From Affordable Housing Finance:
"After 14 months of construction, a 70-unit apartment community is about to welcome military veterans, including those transitioning from homelessness, in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. The development is one of the first private veterans’ communities in the U.S. to...
From WFAE 90.7 Charlotte:
After two years of work by Charlotte affordable housing advocates, a campaign to end discrimination against renters based on the source of their income should reach a climax in the next two months.
In 2019, a group of affordable housing organizations banded together to...
From TAP into Paterson:
"The Housing Authority of Paterson (PHA) and the Paterson Division of Health are partnering to offer unvaccinated resident participating in the PHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) $100 per family member over the age of five that gets the vaccine.
"Extensive...