Immigration
Rollback of Public Charge Rule Finalized; Housing Assistance Excluded from Public Charge Determinations
Statement of CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman on the Finalization on Rule Rolling Back Public Charge

(Washington, D.C.) September 9, 2022 – Sunia Zaterman, executive director of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, released the following statement upon the Biden administration's finalization of the rule rolling back the public charge rule:
CLPHA Submits Joint Comments on The Public Charge Rule
Statement of CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman on President Biden’s Executive Order on the Public Charge Rule

February 2, 2021
Research Roundup: The Latest Industry Reports on the Public Charge Rule, Neighborhood Mobility, and COVID-19 Housing Instability in CA

New Public Charge Policy in Effect Nationwide
USCIS to Implement Public Charge Final Rule Beginning February 24

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week that the new Public Charge rule will go into effect on February 24, 2020, except for in the State of Illinois. The agency also clarified that the new public charge testing criteria will only be used on applications postmarked or received after February 24.
From USCIS’s website:
Supreme Court Votes to Allow Implementation of New Public Charge Policy
Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign Calls and Webinars

The Protecting Immigrant Families campaign is hosting a call and two webinars in January to provide basic information about the public charge rule and the current state of play regarding the rule and related immigration policies: