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HUD has published Notice PIH 2023-13, which supersedes PIH Notice 2013-15, and provides PHAs with strategies to use HCVs while working with CoCs to prevent homelessness.
Specifically, this notice:
Revises the definition of homelessness for the purpose of reporting in IMS...
HUD has published the FY23 Jobs Plus Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which makes $22.5 million available to PHAs for helping families increase earned income. Applications will be due on August 21, 2023. HUD anticipates making 12 awards under this NOFO, and each grant size...
Los Angeles’s new Mayor Karen Bass won on a platform of ending homelessness in the nation’s second largest city. Immediately after assuming office, she proclaimed a state of emergency, thereby unlocking untapped funding and resources. According to media coverage, Mayor Bass succeeded in housing 945...
On May 17-18, CLPHA participated in a convening of IT, training and industry professionals to discuss upcoming rollouts of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE), the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), Housing Information Portal (HIP), and...
CLPHA recently received a request for information regarding our members' housing needs related to FEMA or disaster recovery. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is currently being drafted, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's (D-WA) office sees a potential opportunity to...
HUD announced that it will make available $25 million to PHAs for HUD's Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Mobility Services. An estimated 6,000 voucher families will receive access to vouchers. The process and eligibility requirements to apply for HUD's HCV Mobility Services funding can be...
HUD has awarded a third tranche of 3,379 Stability Vouchers (SV) worth $45 million to 135 PHAs and their partnering Continuums of Care (CoCs). The full list of PHAs to receive funding is available here. Among the awardees are 20 CLPHA members. This third tranche of Stability Vouchers...
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) details how enhanced coordination between HUD and FEMA could improve disaster shelter and housing assistance. The study examines how HUD can improve coordination with FEMA and local housing providers using its existing programs, as...
The Urban Institute has published a new brief on whether the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Homeownership Program can be used to address the racial homeownership gap. The researchers examined data on program use, rates of uptake, demographics, markets, and interviewed PHA staff and program...