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Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA), at the urging of the Cambridge Housing Authority, is proposing legislation to provide relief to housing authorities and other assisted housing by creating an exception to the volume cap requirement for private activity bonds used to finance the...
Wednesday, 4/15 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Today, HUD released PIH Notice 2020-05, which outlines waivers the Department is making available to execute its blanket waiver authority granted through the CARES Act. CLPHA is pleased to see that many of the waivers...
Today, HUD released PIH Notice 2020-05, which outlines waivers the Department is making available to execute its blanket waiver authority granted through the CARES Act. CLPHA is pleased to see that many of the waivers that we urged HUD to make available in...
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing (MFH) has made available a recording featuring MFH staff discussing various issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic Their comments cover some of the issues included in MFH’s COVID-19 FAQ. Staff participating in the recording include Office of...
CLPHA, Industry Groups, 777 Public Housing Authorities Implore Congress to Provide an Additional $8.5B in Emergency Supplemental Funding for PHAs Plus Longer-Term Preservation Resources for Public Housing in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
On Wednesday, April 8, CLPHA and other...
CLPHA and other public housing industry groups are asking our members to sign on to a joint industry letter to be sent to congressional leadership asking for emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in the fourth COVID-19 economic stimulus...
The National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is hosting weekly national calls every Monday at 2:30 p.m. ET for housing and homelessness advocates nationwide to learn more about how federal, state, and local governments are responding...
To facilitate sharing of information among CLPHA staff and members about various issues related to COVID-19, CLPHA has created a Google document. The document is accessible only to those with a link and is free to be viewed and edited by members. If you have questions about...
As discussed during yesterday’s member call, CLPHA will be advocating for additional funding for PHAs in a fourth stimulus package. Discussion around what funding should be included in the next package is currently underway, and Congress is expected to begin negotiations when they...
On Wednesday, March 25, CLPHA's counsel Reno & Cavanaugh PLLC prepared a memo for CLPHA summarizing The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Families First Act”), H.R. 6201, which was signed into law on March 18, 2020.
Click below for Reno & Cavanaugh's summary of the...