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HUD will hold a webinar on Thursday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m. ET to review the FY 2023 Capital Fund Emergency Safety and Security Grant (ESSG) applications and discuss changes in PIH Notice 2023-10 – ESSG Annual Funding Notification and Application Process. The webinar will discuss...
From the ACTION Campaign, of which CLPHA is a steering committee member:
Affordable housing champions in Congress introduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2023 today to strengthen and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). The bipartisan...
At CLPHA's Housing Is Summit today, Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) announced legislation to help working families access affordable housing and child care.
Rep. Bonamici and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)'s Build Housing with Care Act would invest $500 million...
At CLPHA’s Housing Is Summit today, HUD announced the availability of $837 million through the new Green Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP). Released today are the program’s implementing notice and Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs), which detail a range of grant and loan funding options for...
HUD has released the pre-publication copy of the final rule for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). The Final Rule contains information on the implementation timeline, the new affirmative standards, the frequency of inspections, addressing and appealing...
On Monday, May 8 at 3:30 p.m. ET, HUD is hosting a Special Briefing focused on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund – a new program from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). During this briefing, HUD staff will share information about our efforts aligned with the IRA to...
Register today for a free two-day conference hosted in-person by HUD to review upcoming rollouts of NSPIRE, Housing Information Portal (HIP), Enterprise Voucher Management System (EVMS), and other IT and policy initiatives. The sessions welcome discussion as HUD develops a community of practice to...
The Prison Policy Initiative released a briefing in February on how local PHAs can reduce barriers for people with criminal records. The authors lay the foundation by citing data on homelessness rates among formerly incarcerated people along demographic lines, noting that rates of homelessness...
A new analysis from the Urban Institute discusses ongoing research into the effects of housing stability on mental health. The piece looks at numerous studies that investigate the cyclical nature of housing instability and mental health challenges.
For people with less-severe mental health...