Members Making News

3.26.24
From Opportunity Home San Antonio's website: For most people, the words “Public Housing” conjure up images of poor, crime-ridden areas whose residents are lacking motivation and hope for the future.
3.26.24
From Fox 28 Columbus:  Providing a safe, affordable place for Columbus senior citizens to call home. The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority came together Tuesday with state and county leaders to celebrate the opening of McKinley Manor in Franklinton. The $14 million project is a 44-unit affordable housing community that will serve low- and fixed-income renters over the age of...
3.26.24
From DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's press release: Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and community leaders cut the ribbon on The Clara, a mixed-use development that will provide Ward 8’s Anacostia neighborhood with 81 new units of affordable housing. The Clara also includes 11,000 square feet of ground level retail space and the development will also be the new permanent home of America’...
3.26.24
Lucas Metropolitan Housing Interim President & CEO Rachel Gagnon and Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board Director Michael Hart appeared on WTOL 11 News Toledo recently to talk about local housing issues. Watch the video here.
3.26.24
From WBMA Birmingham: The city of Birmingham, Birmingham City Schools, and the Housing Authority of the District of Birmingham (HABD) launched the "Every Day Counts" initiative in January as an effort to combat the issue of chronic absenteeism in schools.
3.26.24
From Hudson Valley Property Group's press release: Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG), a leading, national affordable housing preservation company, today announced that it has completed a $71 million acquisition, preservation and renovation project at Grandview Terrace Apartments, a 283-unit senior housing complex located in the Journal Square Neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey.
3.26.24
From Hudson Valley Property Group's press release: Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG), a leading, national affordable housing preservation company, today announced that it has completed a $71 million acquisition, preservation and renovation project at Grandview Terrace Apartments, a 283-unit senior housing complex located in the Journal Square Neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey.
3.26.24
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release: The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Board of Commissioners approved funding for Phase IC of the Lathrop redevelopment at Tuesday’s Board Meeting. This long-awaited third phase will focus on the Lathrop South campus (south of Diversey Avenue) and will address all remaining vacant buildings on the Lathrop site. 
3.26.24
From the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee's newsletter:
3.25.24
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities’ (CLPHA) Housing Is Initiative and the Moving to Work (MTW) Collaborative, held a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill entitled “Housing. Education. Health: Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Life Outcomes for Low-Income Americans.”    
3.5.24
From MyNorthwest.com: From April through June 2025, 175 randomly selected Tacoma families will be awarded $500 each month with no strings attached — as long as they meet certain criteria.
3.5.24
From the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh's newsletter: HACP’s Virtual Parenting Program has given another group of parents, guardians and caregivers the tools to tackle the challenges associated with raising children.
2.28.24
8 CLPHA Members Earn VASH Awards
2.27.24
From Fox 61 New Haven: The housing crisis is creating a dire situation for many people across Connecticut. Now, New Haven leaders are introducing a new ordinance to add more options for affordable housing. “We all are very concerned about access to housing,” said New Haven’s Mayor Justin Elicker at a press conference at City Hall Thursday. “It’s a really urgent situation for many...
2.27.24
From the San Diego Housing Commission's press release: A vacant portion of a transit station parking lot will be transformed into nearly 100 new affordable rental apartments for families with lower income through the new construction of SkyLINE Apartments, which celebrated its groundbreaking today in Rancho Bernardo.
2.27.24
Over 1,500 child welfare-involved families and 600 eligible foster youth across Washington State will now have access to much-needed housing assistance thanks to a historic agreement between the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and a network of public housing authorities and housing non-profits. The housing network pledged 2,167 federal housing vouchers and apartment...
2.27.24
From the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development's press release: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) today announced the selection of exciting plans to develop a city-owned parking lot at 351 Powers Avenue in The Bronx into “Powerhouse Apartments,” providing deeply affordable homes and a community theatre at an electric-powered...
2.27.24
From the San Diego Housing Commission's press release: Ongoing, collaborative efforts to create additional permanent affordable homes with supportive services for people experiencing homelessness in San Diego will receive another infusion of state funding with the award of $35 million from the Homekey program to the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC).
2.14.24
HUD has officially re-opened the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Jobs Plus Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to accommodate the anticipated FY24 Jobs Plus appropriations funding. This re-opening allows HUD to invite additional applications, enabling the allocation of more Jobs Plus Grants for the current fiscal year. CLPHA urges our members to take advantage of this funding opportunity.

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