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On Friday May 7, the Biden administration released updates for the Treasury Department Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program. The updates are specific to the second round of funds or ERA2 that provides up to $21.55 billion under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which was enacted on March...
The Council of Large Public Housing Agencies (CLPHA), The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA), and the MTW Collaborative are pleased to release our joint funding recommendations for Office of Public and...
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
April 28, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) April 28, 2021 – CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman released the following statement in...
The Support Allowing Volume Expansion (SAVE) Federally-Assisted Housing Act provides critical financial leverage to PHAs. It creates an exemption for public and federally-assisted affordable housing to volume caps on private activity bonds (PAB). It was introduced in the last Congress by...
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
April 22, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) April 22, 2021 – CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman released the following statement today in response to Congressional Republicans' counter...
Mapping the Need for Pandemic Assistance. The Urban Institute has created a database where users can search the U.S. by county or Continuum of Care (CoC) to view the needs of local residents based on indices related to housing instability prevalence, COVID-19 impacts, and...
Today CLPHA sent a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown to support the nomination of Adrianne Todman to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Ms. Todman, a former Vice President of CLPHA's Board of Directors, is widely...
This week, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman was quoted in The Washington Post's article "In George Floyd’s old neighborhood, Biden’s war on poverty faces a crucial test." The article examines the potential impacts of President Biden's American Rescue Plan on families in poverty through a...
On Wednesday, April 14, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services with Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) presiding held a virtual hearing entitled “Build Back Better: Investing in Equitable and Affordable Housing Infrastructure.”
The hearing focus revolved around the Biden...
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
April 9, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) April 9, 2021 – The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities welcomes the Biden administration’s continuing commitment to ensuring...