Legislative & Policy
Statement of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities on the Biden Administration’s FY22 Budget Request

April 9, 2021
CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman Appears LIVE on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

This morning, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to discuss public and affordable housing issues and President Biden's proposed American Jobs Plan.
$40 Billion Investment in Public Housing Infrastructure Returns $76 Billion in Economic Impact and Creates 440,000 Jobs

Research Roundup: The Latest Industry Reports on the Affordable Housing Shortage, Income Verification, and National Homelessness Rates

New NYC Affordable Housing Must Come With Internet Service, City Says (NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development)
From Next City:
During the presidential campaign last summer, Joe Biden released a “Plan for Rural America” calling for an investment of $20 billion to expand broadband internet access in rural communities, where, the plan noted, residents are 10 times more likely than urbanites to live without a high-speed internet connection. But even in America’s biggest cities, broadband access is not universal. Nor is it equitably distributed.
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CLPHA Seeking Feedback on Emergency Rent Assistance Programs
Affordable Housing Finance Covers CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman's Meeting with HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge
Last week, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman and other leaders from public housing industry groups met virtually with HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to share with the Secretary our priorities and goals for the new administration, and Zaterman discussed the meeting in an Affordable Housing Finance article.
CLPHA Applauds HUD Withdrawal of Proposed Rule on Mixed Status Families
Tomorrow, HUD is publishing a Federal Register notice that announces the Department’s withdrawal of HUD’s 2019 proposed rule on changes to the treatment of mixed status households receiving fe
Statement of CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman on the Announcement of the American Jobs Plan
