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Details on CLPHA’s Green Funding Clearinghouse
Housing authorities can now apply for funding for projects to deploy solar energy at multifamily properties. The $7 billion Solar for All program is part of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). Interested applicants must submit a Notice of...
HUD has published the final NSPIRE Scoring Notice for public inspection in the Federal Register today. The scoring notice outlines the scoring methodology, the sampling strategy, and the justification for scoring decisions. The final Scoring Notice contains several important changes from the...
HUD has published PIH Notice 2023-15, which provides instructions for PHAs on submitting requests for Subsidy Layering Reviews (SLRs). In cases where a PHA needs an SLR to be performed for Project-Based Voucher projects, the PHA can either request a Housing Credit Agency (HCA) perform the SLR or...
HUD has published the NSPIRE Administrative Procedures Notice, which covers the process and operational requirements for Public Housing and Multifamily properties including Sections 202 and 811. PIH Notice 2023-16/H 2023-07 contains information on the inspection process. It...
CLPHA has launched a new Green Funding Clearinghouse for member PHAs to easily view funding opportunities for green energy, climate resiliency, and disaster recovery. With a wide variety of funding opportunities across multiple federal agencies now available to PHAs, CLPHA has created...
Comments to HUD Due July 24
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) has published proposed changes to the methodology used for calculating Fair Market Rents (FMRs). These changes include altering the definition of “recent mover” and retaining and expanding the use of rent...
Senate Allocates over $88 Billion While House Allocates over $65 Billion
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees recently issued their 302(b) allocations for the full fiscal year 2024 (FY24) budget. The 302(b) allocations...
Amidst the looming threat of a debt default triggered by breaching the debt ceiling, the White House and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released new numbers that show the damage the GOP budget bill would inflict on public and affordable housing. The Center found that the...
On February 14, 2023, HUD published the final rule for implementation of HOTMA Sections 102, 103, and 104. Since 2016, CLPHA has urged HUD to expediently publish guidance on the remaining HOTMA provisions. While we are pleased that HUD is beginning to act on these provisions, we are very...
On Tuesday, the Office of Management and Buget (OMB) released a memo stating that House Republicans would have to slash spending for all other federal agencies by 30 percent next year if they would like to protect or see an increase in defense spending. The memo states that a 30 percent cut would...