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From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
For the second year, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) will partner with the Daisie Foundation, a non-profit that specializes in random acts of kindness, for a special Mother’s Day Makeover Celebration honoring 100 CHA residents at 10:00 a...
Recently, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its annual Gap report, which measures the availability of rental housing affordable to extremely low-income (ELI) households and other income groups. Using 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data, the 2022 report found that “...
CLPHA to Highlight Finalists at Housing Is Summit May 18-19
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) and the National Civic League recently announced the 2022 All-America City (AAC) Award finalists. This year, the AAC Award will recognize communities that are committed to improving the...
HUD recently sent the following announcement to PHAs regarding new resources that can help PHAs and State Medicaid Agencies house seniors and persons with disabilities:
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional funding...
On this member call, CLPHA provided a Washington update on several topics important to CLPHA members, as well as a preview of CLPHA's upcoming Housing Is Summit. We also heard from CLPHA members on how they are tackling Tenant Accounts Receivable (TARS) challenges and helping residents pay rent and...
HUD has announced the newest opportunity for PHAs with 6,000 or less combined units of public housing and HCV units to apply for the fourth cohort of the MTW Expansion, which will test asset building initiatives (Asset Building Cohort). Asset Building Initiatives are defined as activities that...
From HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R):
Bayshore Villas embodies Puerto Rico’s new vision for affordable housing. Replacing an outdated public housing development in San Juan’s Puerta de Tierra neighborhood, the 174-unit complex is the commonwealth’s second mixed-income...
In March 2022, the University of California at Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation released a report on California’s Homekey program, which allocated funding for public agencies to buy underused properties, namely hotels and motels, and convert them into housing for people...