$40 Billion Investment in Public Housing Infrastructure Returns $76 Billion in Economic Impact and Creates 440,000 Jobs
4.8.21
Legislative & Policy
Research Roundup: The Latest Industry Reports on the Affordable Housing Shortage, Income Verification, and National Homelessness Rates
4.7.21
New NYC Affordable Housing Must Come With Internet Service, City Says (NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development)
4.7.21
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
4.2.21
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
4.1.21
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
3.31.21
BREAKING: CDC Extends Eviction Moratorium
3.29.21
Today, the Biden Administration announced that it was extending the current CDC moratorium on evictions through June 30, 2021. The moratorium had been set to expire on Wednesday, March 31. Rules and requirement
CLPHA Shares Recommendations with HUD on Implementation of Emergency Housing Vouchers
CLPHA Member Brian Gage Testifies Before House Subcommittee in Hearing on Public Housing and the COVID-19 Pandemic
3.26.21
On Wednesday, March 24, CLPHA member Brian Gage, executive director of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance during their hearing "Preserving a Lifeline: Examining Public Housing in a Pandemic."