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On Friday, January 22, CLPHA submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on its new $3.2 Billion Emergency Broadband Benefit Program provided for in the latest COVID-19 stimulus package. In our comments, we address specific questions posed by the FCC and...
On November 20, CLPHA submitted comments to HUD on the Proposed Rule regarding “Streamlining and Implementation of Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Changes to Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program.” CLPHA and its members were pleased to see many of the...
On September 22, CLPHA and our counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments to HUD strongly opposing the agency’s transphobic proposed modifications to the Equal Access Rule. The changes would reverse the 2016 portion of the rule that requires homeless service providers to...
On September 18, 2020 CLPHA submitted comments to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on s on the Proposed Rule regarding “benchmark levels for 2021 Enterprise Housing Goals."
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CLPHA and counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted joint comments yesterday in opposition to HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Proposed Rule.
Under the AFFH Proposed Rule, HUD seeks to incentivize AFFH by creating a metrics system in order to evaluate and rank jurisdictions and, based on...
On February 24, CLPHA submitted comments with counsel Reno & Cavanaugh responding to HUD’s Paperwork Reduction Act notice seeking comment on proposed data elements for a new Project-Based Voucher (PBV) online form.
CLPHA held a call with members on February 19, where we received helpful...
CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh recently submitted comments on HUD’s proposed revised forms of the Public Housing Authority Annual Contributions Contract (“ACC”) and Mixed Finance Amendment to the ACC (“MFACC Amendment”). Our comments, which were drafted with feedback from CLPHA members, are...
Yesterday, CLPHA submitted comments on the recent HOTMA notice, in which HUD sought comments on implementations of Sections 102, 103, and 104 of HOTMA. These provisions address income definitions and reexaminations, over-income households, and asset restrictions for public housing, the Housing...
Yesterday, CLPHA submitted comments in response to HUD’s notice outlining the first details of the NSPIRE demonstration. NSPIRE is a voluntary demonstration, expected to last at least two years, that would replace UPCS inspections for participating properties. NSPIRE is intended to simplify the...
Today, CLPHA and its counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments on HUD’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on changes to the disparate impact standard.
As described in our August 19 member update, HUD is proposing substantial changes to the current “burden-shifting” framework used to...