Family Self-Sufficiency
HUD Extends Deadlines for FY21 ROSS NOFO Applicants Located in Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas
For those applicants located in presidentially declared disaster areas, HUD is extending the deadline for the FY21 Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to October 1, 2021. Published in July, the FY21 ROSS NOFO deadline 
HUD PD&R Publishes FSS Program Evaluation Midpoint Results Showing Program’s Effectiveness

Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority supplies shelter and self-sufficiency
From ABC 13 Toledo:
In late June, the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority opened up their waitlist for affordable housing that had been closed since February of 2020. They received nearly 3000 applications.
Boston Housing Authority Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Triples In Size since 2020
From the Boston Housing Authority's website:
FY21 FSS Renewal NOFO Released with Important Changes
Early Findings Mixed in Recently Published Family Self-Sufficiency Program Evaluation Midpoint Report
LMH program aims to help residents graduate out of public assistance (Lucas Metropolitan Housing)
From the Toledo Blade:
Tatiana Brown was down on her luck and in a rut.
Working two jobs and trying to get by like millions of other everyday Americans, she found herself still struggling to get ahead. So in 2014, she turned to public housing.
Lucas Metropolitan Housing Receives Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Grant from HUD
From Lucas Metropolitan Housing's press release:
CLPHA Signs onto FSS Letter Offering Recommendations for FY21 Funding

CLPHA has signed onto a letter to HUD leadership, organized by Compass Capital, that provides recommendations to HUD for implementation of the increased Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) funding received in FY21. In FY21, FSS received $105 million, a 30% increase over FY20 funding. The recommendations inclu