Announcements

CLPHA has bittersweet news to share – Emily Warren, our research and policy director, has accepted a position in the Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs (OPHVP) within the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) to work on voucher expansion. Emily’s last day at CLPHA will be Friday, May 10, and we wish her the best in her new role!

Nation-leading program participants close escrow on all 94 projects, representing 6,029 units of permanent housing for individuals experiencing homelessness

Homekey acquisition phase finishes on-time and under budget

All 51 awardees have also received at least one Operational Support Grant from philanthropic or General Fund sources

Congratulations to CLPHA members Fresno Housing and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) on joining Harvard University's Opportunity's Insights' (OI) next cohort of its Creating Moves to Opportunity (CMTO) project! OI will work directly with "CMTOx sites" Fresno Housing, HACP, and other PHAs to increase access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for families with HCVs. 

After a remarkable twenty-four-year tenure, CLPHA Deputy Director Deb Gross will retire early next year. Deb’s impact on our organization and in our industry has been immeasurable -- since joining CLPHA in 1996, Deb has shaped CLPHA and our work through her intelligence, wit, experience, and deep commitment to the importance of public and affordable housing. CLPHA will honor Deb and her exemplary career at our Spring Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.

CLPHA is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Calabria, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), will present the closing keynote remarks of our 2019 Fall Membership Meeting.

HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes has announced $324 million in available Lead Hazard Reduction grants intended to help local governments and certain state and tribal governments to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in low-income, privately-owned (unassisted) pre-1978 housing.

Visit www.hud.gov/lead to learn more, including upcoming webinars about applying.

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

The Board of Commissioners of Atlanta Housing recently voted unanimously to name Joy Fitzgerald interim president and CEO. Fitzgerald previously filled this role at the organization from 2013 to 2016.