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CLPHA will host a call on May 21 at 2:00 PM ET to solicit member feedback on draft comments of the recently published notice on proposed changes to Section 3 and the related notice on proposed benchmarks. Comments are due on June 3.
As previously outlined in a CLPHA Member Update from April 3, the...
HUD announced today on a briefing call and press release that a new proposed rule on Section 3 has been published. Tom Davis, director of HUD’s Office of Recapitalization, provided an overview of the proposed changes during the call. The rule asks for comment on significant changes to Section...
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is leading an effort in the Senate to boost FY20 funding for public housing. His office has asked CLPHA for help in encouraging other Senators to sign onto the letter to the Appropriations Committee requesting full funding of the Public Housing Operating Fund at...
Below are several updates regarding the ACC:
HUD Meets with Hill Staff, Defends ACC as a Grant
Earlier this week, we called on CLPHA members to contact your members of Congress and register your opposition to HUD’s proposed changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC).
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Relief ∙ Recovery ∙ Resilience
In the last two years, our nation has endured natural disasters that have caused billions of dollars in damage to property and infrastructure, destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, and displaced thousands of families in California, the Carolinas, Florida, Puerto...
March 26, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Public Housing Authorities eligible to apply to MTW Cohort 2 are invited to attend HUD’s free webinar tomorrow at 3:00 PM ET.
On March 14, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing released a notice offering eligible PHAs the opportunity to apply for...
In response to energized discussions about HUD’s proposed changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) during CLPHA’s Spring Membership Meeting, we are calling on CLPHA members to contact your members of Congress and register your opposition to the new ACC.
HUD General Counsel Paul Compton,...
The Trump Administration released the remainder of its fiscal year 2020 (FY18) budget on March 18. As noted last week, the proposal would completely eliminate all funding in FY20 for the Public Housing Capital Fund and slash funding for the Public Housing Operating Fund by almost $2 billion, a...
The Trump Administration released its fiscal year 2020 (FY20) budget proposal today, with more specific numbers expected early next week. The current version includes a request for $44.1 billion in discretionary funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an $8.7 billion or 16...
Durham Housing Authority CEO Anthony Scott testified on behalf of CLPHA today before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies during a hearing titled, “Stakeholder Perspectives: Affordable Housing Production.” In his written...