6.21.23
From the Boston Globe:
Almost a quarter-century ago, the word came down from Washington, D.C.: The federal government was done building public housing.
A new law capped the number of deeply affordable apartments Washington would subsidize in any given city at whatever existed in 1999, closing the book on a decades-long push against public housing by critics who associated it with...
6.20.23
PHAs Must Be Ready to Comply with New Standards Starting July 1
6.7.23
On May 17-18, CLPHA participated in a convening of IT, training and industry professionals to discuss upcoming rollouts of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE), the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), Housing Information Portal (HIP), and other IT and policy initiatives. Most notable were concerns raised by PHA software vendors who...
5.31.23
Over the Memorial Day weekend, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the Bipartisan Budget Agreement to raise the debt ceiling. This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives released the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which would raise the debt ceiling until 2025. According to news media reports, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 includes the following: