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Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced a legislative housing package to make rental housing more affordable, end homelessness, and encourage homeownership.
The three bills in the package include the Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2021, which provides a historic investment...
CLPHA Director of Cross-Sector Initiatives Abra Lyons-Warren has been invited to join the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR)’s Learning Happens Everywhere initiative, an effort to encourage coalitions across the nation to position learning as a community-wide responsibility and to transform...
From the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s July 8 press release:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement after securing a commitment from President Biden that housing will be included in...
On June 30, the White House convened an online Eviction Prevention Summit to help catalyze state and local actions to help keep renters stably housed. The first session featured Administration officials and experts from across the country discussing best practices on legal counsel and eviction...
CLPHA is pleased to welcome our newest staff member, Janelle Beverly! Janelle joined CLPHA on July 6 and will serve as our director of research and policy. In this role, she will lead policy, research, and advocacy for HUD programs, including the Housing Choice Voucher and Public Housing...
On July 12, 2021, the Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) held a markup on the Fiscal Year 2022 THUD Appropriations Bill. The draft FY22 House THUD funding bill was forwarded to the full Committee,...
From CBS 4 Denver:
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge is in Colorado looking for innovative solutions to the affordable housing crisis. She says she has billions of dollars to fund them.
She says the problem is bigger than people want to admit, saying 11 million Americans have...
From CBS 58 News Milwaukee:
Mayor Tom Barrett announced Sunday, July 11, he is directing over $30 million to support housing activities in Milwaukee using funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The money is the first phase of ARPA funds to be deployed to increase housing and...
From the New York City Housing Authority's press release:
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA); the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD); and the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) have finalized two deals that will bring 393 new affordable senior apartments...