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WASHINGTON (April 22, 2019) - On April 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a proposed rule for Congressional review to disallow undocumented immigrants from living in federally subsidized housing. The notice is not yet publicly available but will eventually be posted...
From WLOS ABC 13:
There are big changes on the way for Asheville's oldest public housing development.
On Tuesday, city council voted to move forward with funding dedicated to redeveloping Lee Walker Heights.
As part of getting ready for the changes, all the residents of Lee Walker...
From NJ.com:
"Where towering, ominous public housing buildings once stood there is now the start of an inviting and friendly community of homes.
On Tuesday, Mayor Steve Fulop, with the Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) and The Michaels Organization, unveiled the first 21 of 126...
In March, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on improvements for HUD’s physical inspection process. The report followed a provision in the 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act that instructed the GAO to report on the Real Estate Assessment Center’s (REAC) methods for...
From Multi-Housing News:
Following the construction of 285 affordable units during the past eight years at The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony in South Boston, Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority have broken ground on the third phase of redevelopment at one of the...
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In the last two years, our nation has endured natural disasters that have caused billions of dollars in damage to property and infrastructure, destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, and displaced thousands of families in California, the Carolinas, Florida, Puerto...
In response to energized discussions about HUD’s proposed changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) during CLPHA’s Spring Membership Meeting, we are calling on CLPHA members to contact your members of Congress and register your opposition to the new ACC.
HUD General Counsel Paul Compton,...
The Trump Administration released the remainder of its fiscal year 2020 (FY18) budget on March 18. As noted last week, the proposal would completely eliminate all funding in FY20 for the Public Housing Capital Fund and slash funding for the Public Housing Operating Fund by almost $2 billion, a...
The Trump Administration released its fiscal year 2020 (FY20) budget proposal today, with more specific numbers expected early next week. The current version includes a request for $44.1 billion in discretionary funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an $8.7 billion or 16...
On February 25, CLPHA submitted comments on the December notice outlining proposed changes to the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC).
CLPHA strongly objects to the changes on both procedural and substantive grounds. By publishing the notice through the Paperwork Reduction Act...