On April 17, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input on several major issues related to Opportunity Zones. The notice from HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) provides information on the intersection of Opportunity Zones and affordable housing nationally and requests feedback on nine questions concerning HUD’s role in encouraging investment in economically distressed communities.
The NYU Furman Center and Abt Associates invite applications from interested cities or counties for the first-ever Local Housing Solutions Institute, “a five-day working retreat to help cities and counties refine and strengthen their housing strategies to better meet their affordability and other housing challenges.” The Institute is funded by a grant from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.
We are pleased to share exciting updates to CLPHA’s cross-sector clearinghouse, housingis.org. In addition to a rotating banner with CLPHA-related content, housingis.org now features a “Summit” page with registration information for the Housing Is Summit.
The MTW Steering Committee, on behalf of the MTW public housing agencies, has selected Nicole Barrett to serve as its first MTW Program Manager to lead research, policy analysis, and advocacy for the MTW program. The position will be managed by CLPHA in support of the MTW agencies.
In addition to her three years working at CLPHA as a Research & Policy Analyst, Nicole has been a policy advocate for the National Housing Trust, a management assistant in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations at HUD, and a legislative intern in Congress.
On January 17, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs once again met in Executive Session to vote on the nominations of Robert Hunter Kurtz to be HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH); and Brian Montgomery, to be HUD Assistant Secretary for Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner.
