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His office has asked CLPHA for help in encouraging other Senators to sign onto the letter to the Appropriations Committee requesting full funding of the Public Housing Operating Fund at... 3.19.19 CLPHA Advocacy, CLPHA Member Update Trump Administration Releases Full FY20 HUD Budget Proposal 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... 3.13.19 In The News, CLPHA Advocacy Scotsman Guide Quotes CLPHA Executive Director about Draconian Trump Budget Proposal Scotsman Guide, a resource for mortgage originators, quoted CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman about how President Donald Trump's proposed FY 2020 budget will affect affordable housing in their article "2020 budget: How does it affect the mortgage industry?": “The administration... 3.6.19 CLPHA Advocacy, CLPHA Member Update CLPHA Submits Comments on Proposed Changes to ACC, Endorses MTW Steering Committee Letter, Joint Industry Letter to Congressional Leaders 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 (PRA) rather than... 1.28.19 CLPHA Advocacy Government Reopens Through Feb. 15 But HUD Funding Questions Remain On January 25, the House and Senate quickly passed, and the President signed, the joint continuing resolution (CR) HJRes 28, the “Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019,” to reopen the federal departments and agencies that were affected by the partial government shutdown since... 1.25.19 CLPHA Advocacy, In The News Shutdown is "all-hands-on-deck, high-urgency red alert" situation for PHAs, CLPHA Executive Director tells Pew's Stateline CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman spoke to the Pew Charitable Trust's Stateline blog about the looming crisis facing public housing authorities (PHAs) if the shutdown continues. In today's article "Cities Scramble as Shutdown Leaves Families in Federal Housing Vulnerable,"... 1.25.19 CLPHA Advocacy, In The News Gray News Bureau Quotes CLPHA Executive Director in Article about Shutdown Facts vs. Fiction Today, Gray News Bureau published a comprehensive article "SNAP, WIC, Section 8: Separating fact from fiction in the government shutdown" featuring a quote about the shutdown’s effects on HUD programs from CLPHA Executive Sunia Zaterman. Gray News pulled the quote from CLPHA’s January 16 joint... 1.25.19 CLPHA Advocacy, In The News CLPHA Executive Director Featured in Pittsburgh-Post Gazette Article on Shutdown’s Impacts The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman in an article about the government shutdown's impacts on Section 8 Voucher holders if the shutdown continues beyond March 1. Zaterman said, “Without a guarantee from HUD that funding will be available in March, many [... 1.22.19 CLPHA Advocacy, In The News In Interview with Pacific Standard Magazine, CLPHA Executive Director Warns of Shutdown’s Ripple Effect on Housing Market Pacific Standard quoted CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman in today's article "The Government Shutdown Could Decimate America's Subsidized Housing Programs." Of the partial government shutdown's impact on the housing market, Zaterman said, "Owners in many cities will be faced with financial... 1.22.19 CLPHA Advocacy, In The News CLPHA Executive Director Tells Multi-Housing News What Shutdown Could Mean for Affordable Housing CLPHA’ Executive Director Sunia Zaterman spoke to Multi-Housing News about the disastrous effect the shutdown will have on not only on Housing Choice Voucher funding and other rental assistance programs, but also affordable housing projects, if it continues beyond February. 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