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Virtual Roundtable featuring CLPHA Member Detroit Housing Commission
August 11 | 12:00 p.m. ET
On Thursday August 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies and MASS Design group are co-hosting a virtual roundtable that will present design strategies for...
August 6 | 2:00 p.m. ET
HUD PIH will be hosting a conference call on Thursday, August 6 at 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss HUD’s second round of CARES Act supplemental Administrative Fees awards and the $400 million supplemental HAP notice. PIH staff will also...
Letter Calls on HUD Secretary Carson to Withdraw the Rule
CLPHA and our counsel Reno & Cavanaugh today sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson expressing vehement opposition to HUD’s Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice Final Rule (the “New AFFH Rule”) ...
HUD issued PIH Notice 2020-17 and 2020-18 today, which outline the methodology and process for awarding supplemental HAP and administrative fees for the Housing Choice Voucher Program provided in the CARES Act. CLPHA communicated often with HUD that our...
The Next Coronavirus Economic Relief and Stimulus Proposal
On Monday, July 27, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the Republican plan for the next coronavirus relief package, the Heath, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act (“HEALS Act”). ...
On August 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET, CLPHA will join Mobility Works, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Opportunity Insights, and NAHRO in co-sponsoring a webinar that reviews key details of HUD’s Mobility Demonstration Notice. The webinar...
On July 23, 2020, HUD released its "Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice" final rule (the "Final Rule"). The Final Rule is pending publication in the Federal Register, so the effective date of the Final Rule is unclear. However, what is clear is that HUD is attempting...
Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Democratic Leader Schumer, Chairman Shelby, and Vice Chairman Leahy:
On behalf of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), I am writing to express our support and to urge Senate passage of the recent House-passed HR 6800, the Health and Economic...
As expected, HUD’s proposed modifications to the Equal Access Rule are as discriminatory and transphobic as the announced proposal from two weeks ago. Tomorrow, HUD will publish a notice in the Federal Register that reverses the 2016 portion of the rule...
On Thursday, July 16, HUD released an updated version of its PIH FAQs. This new version includes a number of updates and new questions. CLPHA will discuss the FAQ in further detail during CLPHA's COVID-19 call today.
The updated FAQ includes updates on...