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CLPHA and our industry partners today sent a letter (and attachments Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2) to House and Senate Appropriations Committee members asking to include legislative language that prevents HUD from implementing unilateral changes to the ACC...
On June 22, 2022, the Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) of the House Appropriations Committee released their draft FY23 THUD funding bill for markup to be held the next day. The funding bill includes $62.7 billion for HUD programs – an...
This week, HUD published a Request for Information Notice in the Federal Register on the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA). CLPHA previously reported that on April 29, HUD published a proposed six-month waiver of BABA that will temporarily waive the general applicability of the Act. The...
On April 29, HUD published a proposed six-month waiver of The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) that will waive the general applicability of BABA to provide HUD with additional time to solicit and evaluate the potential impact of the Act.
BABA was enacted as part of the Infrastructure...
This week, the Biden administration announced a $14.2B investment in a new federal subsidy program to help assisted households pay for internet services. Accepted by most Internet Service Providers (ISP), the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) gives public housing and Section 8 residents $30 a...
The Terner Center released a report analyzing the geography of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) disbursement and where local capacity gaps may be hindering the ERA Take-Up Rate, a measure of the number of ERA payments divided by the number of very low-income renter households (i.e....
Recently, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its annual Gap report, which measures the availability of rental housing affordable to extremely low-income (ELI) households and other income groups. Using 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data, the 2022 report found that “...
HUD recently released guidance to PHAs on tracking and reporting compliance with new requirements for Public Housing Financial Assistance as defined in the Section 3 Final Rule. Section 3 regulations require PHAs and their contractors and subcontractors to make their best efforts, consistent with...
CLPHA is pleased to share our 2022 legislative priorities with our members. These priorities are divided into four categories and will inform our 2022 advocacy on Capitol Hill and at HUD on behalf of public housing authorities, the programs they administer, and the communities and...