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From KNDO 23 News:
The city of Yakima will soon see a 54-unit affordable housing project on Fruitvale Boulevard after the Washington State Department of Commerce announced that the Yakima Housing Authority will receive $119,000 in funding. The money comes from the Housing Trust fund, which...
From Sandra Williams', Director of State Government Affairs at Charter Communications, op-ed on Cleveland.com:
I read with interest the recent story about local nonprofits bringing digital literacy to Cleveland residents. (“College student found his real passion,”...
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
Chicago Housing Authority residents who participated in the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program received their certificates of completion this month at an FSS graduation ceremony at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center.
FSS is one of...
Recently, CLPHA outlined HUD’s allocation methodology and process for awarding the newly available 19,700 incremental Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) in PIH Notice 2022-29. These vouchers are being treated as regular HCVs and are not special-purpose vouchers. Every public housing agency (PHA) that...
HUD announced today that the City of Durham, NC and the Durham Housing Authority (DHA), a CLPHA member, have been awarded a $40 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grants for fiscal year 2021. CLPHA congratulates DHA on this remarkable honor!
The grant will help fund the...
Restrictions on abortion access resulting from the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision will have major consequences and lasting impacts for low-income women and families, many of whom are receiving federal housing assistance. In addition to a host of socio-emotional and physical challenges, unintended...
Last month, Bloomberg compiled stories from ten women about what their decisions to terminate their pregnancies meant for them and how the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision will affect women’s abilities to make choices about their lives. CLPHA Board Member Ivory Mathews, executive director of Home...
Freddie Mac recently published a study titled Risks and Impacts of Expiring LIHTC Restrictions and the Outcomes of Properties that Exit. Specifically, the study examines what happens to a property after it leaves the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and therefore is no longer subject...
From the Sacramento Redevelopment & Housing Agency's newsletter:
A new affordable housing development by Mercy Housing is under construction in Sacramento's Oak Park community after a groundbreaking celebration August 18 with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento Housing and...