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.
From the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' press release:
CLPHA is pleased to announce that David A. Williams of Opportunity Insights will be a distinguished speaker at our fifth annual Housing Is Summit in Washington, D.C., May 16-17.
Williams will present on Day One of the conference, sharing promising insights from new research on the Creating Moves to Opportunity (CMTO) Project and Opportunity Insights’ new Opportunity Atlas.
CLPHA is pleased to announce that Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), will deliver the keynote address at CLPHA's Spring Membership Meeting on the morning of Thursday, March 21.
Dr. Carson, an accomplished neurosurgeon, has served as HUD's Secretary since March 2, 2017. Click here to read Dr. Carson's biography.