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Following the 15-day required public comment period, HUD has published three final notices detailing waivers of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA). As CLPHA previously reported, these waivers are for BABA’s Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference (“Buy American Preference,”...
HUD Plans to Advance HAP and OpFund Disbursements in Preparation for Short-Term CR
With funding for the federal government due to run out by Friday, December 16, appropriations committee and senior House and Senate...
HUD has just posted the 2022 RAD Contract Rents, which are used to determine the initial contract rents in the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract for public housing properties converting under RAD. These amounts will be utilized for any new commitments to enter into HAP or...
Several initiatives are underway at all levels of government to try and solve the dual problems of empty offices and insufficient housing. These include $400 million in incentives for adaptive residential reuse efforts in California’s 2022-24 budget, a hotel-to-housing conversion bill in New York...
A new study from Justice 4 Housing and Harvard Law School’s Tenant Advocacy Project analyzes how barriers to housing can be reduced for people with criminal records in Massachusetts. Housing access is fundamental to reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals into communities. Research shows...
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...