Legislative & Policy
CLPHA Seeking Examples from Members on Shutdown Effects
CLPHA Executive Director Voices Concerns to Affordable Housing Finance about Shutdown’s Negative Impact on Low-Income Families
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Today, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman was quoted in Affordable Housing Finance discussing how the shutdown threatens the stability of low-income households. Though HUD has prepared payments for housing vouchers and the public housing operating subsidy through February, Zaterman notes that the “existential threat” for voucher holders looms given the uncertainty of when the shutdown will end.
CLPHA Joins with 70 National Organizations in Call to End the Shutdown
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Now in its 18th day, the partial government shutdown, which includes the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is already having an impact on the low-income families served by public and affordable housing. The ongoing uncertainty imposes challenges for resource allocation and, if the shutdown drags on, the lack of HCV and Operating Fund payments will lead to housing instability for millions of families.
Affordable Housing Leaders Demand End to the Government Shutdown & Passage of Full-Year Spending Bills
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A coalition of more than 70 national organizations tell the Administration & Congress that people with the lowest incomes will be hit hardest if the shutdown continues.
Shutdown Alert: February HCV and Operating Fund Payments
Representative Waters, a Historical First as Committee Chair
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HUD Publishes ACC Changes in Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
HUD Retracts Public Housing Annual Contributions Contract
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In response to persistent advocacy efforts by CLPHA and our industry colleagues, HUD announced last week that it will withdraw the new public housing funds Annual Contribution Contract (ACC) that became effective in May 2018. As CLPHA’s counsel Reno and Cavanaugh succinctly explained, this ACC was controve