NEW! Legislative Action Center
A collaboration with the Housing Authority Insurance Group (HAI)

MAY 9
HUD Publishes the 2008 "SuperNOFA"

MAY 5
HUD to Offer Free Conference to Highlight Innovative Financing Programs Available to HAs

APRIL 28
HUD Extends Asset Management Opt Out Period for Agencies with Between 250 and 400 Units

APRIL 28
HUD Issues PIH Notice 2008-22 on Energy Performance Contracts

APRIL 25
Senators Schumer and Snowe Ask Senate Appropriators to Fully Fund the Operating Fund and Capital Fund

MAY 14 ADVOCATE
PHADA Proposes Changes to Public Housing’s Utility Funding System

MAY 14 ADVOCATE
President’s Forum: HUD Says It Needs More Resources To Meet Performance Expectations

Breaking news archives

Econsult Report - Assessing the Economic Benefits of Public Housing

Expedited Waiver Process
View samples of language used by PHADA members
in expedited waiver requests to HUD

FY 2009 HUD Budget Information

HOPE VI Reauthorization
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), who created the HOPE VI program in 1992, is sponsoring legislation that would reauthorize the program through 2011 at $600 million.

Operating Fund
The PHADA news archives on the operating fund contain news stories, talking points, and graphics to help members understand the issue.

Asset Management, Yes—Micromanagement, No, PHADA’s publication on HUD’s flawed asset management guidance, will help housing authorities and Congressional representatives alike understand the issues involved in HUD’s implementation of asset management. HUD Plans Massive Increase in Its own Operating Fund Staff to Implement Asset Management... Click here for special PHADA Publication

PHADA Advocate, May 14, 2008: Volume 23, Number 8
(PDF, 1.6 MB) 

• PHADA Proposes Changes to Public Housing’s Utility Funding System
  Freezing the Rolling Base Consumption Level for 20 Years Would Provide a Genuine Incentive to Reduce Energy Usage

• President Bush Nominates Steve Preston as HUD Secretary

• President’s Forum: HUD Says It Needs More Resources To Meet Performance Expectations
  PIH Budget Documents Reveal Arguments Similar to PHADA’s

• Senate Holds SEVRA Hearing
  PHADA Sr. Vice President Curt Hiebert Testifies About MTW Value

• PHADA Members Increase Use of the Legislative Action Center

• PHADA Examines Stop-Loss Decisions
  Early Results Generally Positive but System Remains Subjective

Advocate archives