Members Making News
Home Forward is sharing with tenants the agency's plans to start an $80 million renovation of roughly half of its public housing stock over the next several years. The upgrades to the plumbing,
ventilation, roofs, and seismic condition of the buildings are slated to
begin next year. They will be possible under the Rental Assistance Demonstration, which will
leverage private financing and shift the buildings from the public housing program onto the more stable
funding platform of the Section 8 voucher program. Tenants can stay in
the buildings, and they won't see a change to their rents. (May 28)
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CLPHA Summer Meeting
CLPHA thanks all speakers, presenters, and members who helped make the 2013 Summer Executive Directors Meeting a success! PowerPoint presentations will be posted on this website shortly, and links will be included in the next newsletter. We look forward to the fall meeting, which will be hosted by the San Antonio Housing Authority in November.
CLPHA and CSH Strengthen Partnership with MOU
In an effort to bolster what has already been a productive relationship, CLPHA and
CSH have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU). The MOU will strengthen the two organizations’
collective efforts to support housing authorities in their work to
end homelessness and provide supportive housing for our most vulnerable
citizens.
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HUD Releases New Olmstead Guidance
On June 4, HUD released a statement on the role of housing in
accomplishing the goals of Olmstead. The guidance aims to provide information about Olmstead, to clarify how recipients of federal financial assistance from HUD can assist state and local Olmstead effort, and to encourage housing providers to support Olmstead implementation by increasing the integrated housing opportunities available for
individuals with disabilities. CLPHA partner CSH has prepared a summary of the guidance that highlights key points.
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HUD Issues Guidance on Housing Homelessness Persons through the Public Housing and HCV Programs
On June 10, HUD released PIH Notice 2013-15 (HA),
“Guidance on housing individuals and families experiencing homelessness
through the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs.” Building on
the lessons learned at the two Opening Doors convenings in 2012, the Notice clarifies reporting requirements for Form HUD 50058, provides suggestions for increasing homeless persons' access to programs, and outlines housing authorities' discretionary authority with admissions policies.
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The Capitol Gateway HOPE VI mixed-use, mixed-income community, Washington, D.C.
Seattle's High Point Public housing is built around parks for children and a community garden.
Two of Cuyahoga Housing Authority's seven green roofs, LakeView Terrace, Cleveland
Tremont Pointe, a HOPE VI development and the first multi-family green project in Ohio.
Walsh Construction, the Pomegranate Center and the Salishan Community of Tacoma, Washington came together to create a courtyard and park. Photo by Eugene Shibayama.
