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Statement of CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman on President Biden’s Executive Order on the Public Charge Rule ​​​​​​​

Date Published: 
February 2nd, 2021
Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
 (202) 550-1381
 
For Immediate Release
February 2, 2021
 
(Washington, D.C.) February 2, 2021 – Sunia Zaterman, executive director of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, released the following statement upon  President Biden's signing of an executive order regarding the public charge rule: 
 
“The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities applauds the Biden administration’s action today to begin unwinding the Trump administration’s patently unlawful Public Charge Rule that included housing assistance receipt against immigrants and their families when applying for an adjustment of residency status. Federal housing assistance exists to keep families together and to lift them up, not to be  weaponized to tear them apart. The cruelty of the rule was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic as it caused families to opt out of many critical safety net programs, including federal housing assistance.
 
"CLPHA looks forward to working with the Biden administration to ensure the equitable and compassionate  treatment of immigrants and their families when seeking federal housing assistance.” 
 
 

About the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities
The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities is a national non-profit organization that works to preserve and improve public and affordable housing through advocacy, research, policy analysis and public education. CLPHA’s 70 members represent virtually every major metropolitan area in the country. Together they manage 40 percent of the nation’s public housing program; administer more than a quarter of the Housing Choice Voucher program; and operate a wide array of other housing programs. Learn more at clpha.org and on Twitter @CLPHA .

 

About CLPHA’s Housing Is Initiative
The Housing Is Initiative, led by the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, helps build a future where sectors work together to improve life outcomes. Housing stability is a critical first step to improve life outcomes for low-income children, families, and seniors; CLPHA’s Housing Is Initiative is based on the premise that sectors can better meet needs when they work together. Housing Is establishes, broadens, and deepens efforts to align affordable housing, education, and health systems to produce positive, long-term results. Learn more at housingis.org and on Twitter @housing_is.
CLPHA Program(s): 
Legislative & Policy
Topic(s): 
Immigration
Resource type(s): 
Statement

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