CLPHA Advocacy

CLPHA supports the nation’s largest and most innovative housing authorities by advocating for the resources and policies they need to solve local housing challenges and create communities of opportunity. We frequently champion our members' issues, needs, and successes on the Hill, at HUD, and in the media. In these arenas CLPHA also advocates for legislation and policies that help our members, and the public and affordable housing industry as a whole, strengthen neighborhoods and improve lives.

Click below for links to congressional testimonies, statements for the record, action alerts, comments to HUD and other federal agencies, and the latest information about CLPHA's multi-pronged housing advocacy.

Action Alerts

1.26.22

CLPHA, Industry Groups Urge PHAs to Sign Congressional Letter Advocating for Housing Funding Levels to Be Kept in Build Back Better Act

10.6.21

ACTION ALERT: KEEP HOUSING FUNDING IN BUILD BACK BETTER ACT

CLPHA has been made aware that funding for housing is at serious risk of being removed from the Build Back Better Act under consideration in the budget reconciliation negotiations currently underway in Congress and the White House. The House Financial Services Committee on September 14 provided $327 billion in funding for affordable housing and community development programs to be included in the President’s Build Back Better Act. The housing investments in this economic recovery package is expected to help make transformational improvements in the lives of low-income and vulnerable Americans and in our communities. The negotiations are on a fast track and taking place at the highest levels between the House and Senate leadership, key members of Congress, and the White House. We understand Congress and the White House have not heard from housing stakeholders on the importance of keeping housing in the legislation. We have been told that the next 48 hours are critical to keeping housing in the legislation. Since housing is very much on the chopping block, we encourage CLPHA members to: Reach out to your representatives in the House and Senate and ask them to contact their leadership and express support for retaining the housing provisions in the Build Back Better Act. We cannot overstate how important it is for you to contact your Congresspersons and Senators and have them communicate with their Leadership and the White House that HOUSING MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER ACT!


Important Talking Points Include: In January 2020, HUD) reported at least 580,466 people were homeless, which represents a 2.2 percent increase from 2019. Despite these growing needs, only 1 in 5 eligible families currently receive assistance. Public housing and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers play a critical role in our nation's infrastructure and social safety net, providing families with a stable home and assisting them in opportunities for upward mobility. Across the United States, public housing provides almost 1 million units of housing to over 1.8 million people, including 800,000 children, and more than half the population in public housing is elderly and disabled. The 2.3 million Section 8 housing choice vouchers house an additional 5.2 million people including 2.2 million children. In many cities and towns across the nation, seniors, veterans, persons with disabilities and families with children rely on public housing, now perhaps more than ever before. In some instances, no other source of housing could take its place more readily or affordably. An investment in public housing capital needs will spur local economic growth, as occurred with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that 99.9% of all public housing ARRA capital funds were obligated and expended under accelerated time frames. With $4 billion in capital funds, researchers found that agencies invested in over 245,000 affordable units, created 26 jobs for every $1 million spent on capital projects, and generated nearly $12.5 billion in national economic activity.¹


	¹Public Housing Stimulus Funding: A Report on the Economic Impact of Recovery Act Capital Improvements, Commissioned by PHADA, CLPHA and NAHRO with funding from the Housing Authority Insurance (HAI) Group, 2011.

4.28.21

ACTION ALERT: Ask Your Member of Congress to Support the SAVE Act

3.25.21

ACTION ALERT: Ask Your Member of Congress to Support Broadband Access

2.10.21

ACTION ALERT: ASK CONGRESS TO FUND PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOUSING VOUCHERS IN THE NEXT COVID-19 RELIEF BILL

8.12.20

ACTION ALERT: CLPHA CALLS ON MEMBERS TO ENDORSE THE YIMBY ACT

7.22.20

ACTION ALERT: TELL YOUR SENATORS THAT HOUSING AUTHORITIES NEED EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE SENATE STIMULUS BILL

Emergency rental assistance is in jeopardy in the latest stimulus package in the Senate. Early indication is that housing assistance and direct rental assistance will not be a part of the Senate legislative package. The Senate is debating the stimulus right now. Renters are facing a devastating cliff with CARES Act protections expiring at the end of this month. Public housing authorities’ voices are critical to the Senate debate. The Senate returned this week, resuming legislative activity for the next two weeks until their next recess begins August 7. This is the last opportunity to pass emergency economic relief and stimulus legislation in 2020 before Congress hits the campaign trail for the November elections. The recent House-passed HR 6800, the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act” or the “HEROES Act,” is a critically needed legislative package designed to provide economic relief to states, cities, local jurisdictions, medical front-line workers, first responders, unemployed persons, consumers, students, renters, homeowners, housing providers, and more. The HEROES Act provides over $114 billion in funding for housing and community development programs. It includes $100 billion in emergency rental assistance, $4 billion for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, $2 billion for the Public Housing Operating Fund, and $750 million for Project Based Rental Assistance. For this reason, CLPHA is urging members to make your voices heard to ensure emergency rental assistance is included in the next economic relief and stimulus package. CLPHA is calling for the $100 billion under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) to be made flexible to allow different funding portals, such as emergency single-use housing vouchers, or for other rental assistance platforms be able to allocate the funds.

CLPHA strongly encourages members to:

Urge your Senators to include housing and rental assistance in the next economic relief and stimulus package.
Ask your Senators to allow $100 billion in ESG funds from the HEROES Act be made flexible for delivery through multiple funding platforms, such as emergency single-use housing vouchers.

Without your active engagement with your Senators, providing additional housing assistance to housing authorities will be jeopardized.

Senators must hear from you to know this is important!

For questions or additional information, contact CLPHA Legislative Director Gerard Holder at [email protected].

4.13.20

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress That Housing Authorities Need Additional Housing Assistance in the Next COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill

3.24.20

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Ask Congress to Include Public Housing in the COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill

Over the past weekend of March 21, we asked CLPHA members to sign onto a letter to be sent to congressional leadership asking for emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in a COVID-19 stimulus package.

Sign on deadline for the letter has been extended. Negotiations for a third supplemental economic stimulus legislative package continue. The House Democrats under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi recently unveiled their separate stimulus package, and the possibility of a fourth economic stimulus legislative package is also being discussed.

Therefore, CLPHA is calling on members to re-double efforts to ensure our funding and regulatory relief requests are considered by Congress.

Specifically, CLPHA asks members to:

Sign-on to the letter sent this past weekend, if you have not already done so
Send a letter to your Members of Congress and ask them to support including emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in the next COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation. (see attached form letter)
Ask your Members of Congress to urge the House and Senate Leadership to include emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing and housing vouchers in the next COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation.

BACKGROUND

HOUSE:

The Democratic proposal spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled on March 23, HR 6379, the “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act” introduced by Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), includes housing-related provisions in two main sections, Division A—Third Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, and Division I—Financial Services, Title I—Protecting Consumers, Renters, Homeowners and People Experiencing Homelessness. Division I wholly taken from HR 6321, “Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act” was also introduced on March 23 by House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA). Highlights from the Speaker’s package include:

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) – $158.827 billion

Management and Administration – $20 million to support activities by the Administrative Support Offices and Program Offices to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Funding would also support program administration and oversight for the $158.8 billion in emergency assistance provided to state, local, and tribal governments and housing authorities through this Act.

Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – $1.5 billion to allow public housing agencies (PHAs) to respond to coronavirus and the ability to keep over 2.2 million families stably housed even when facing a loss of income. Allows PHAs the flexibility necessary for the safe and effective administration of these funds while maintaining fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and environmental protections.

Public Housing Operating Fund – $720 million for PHAs to carry out coronavirus response for the operation and management of almost 1 million public housing units. Allows PHAs the flexibility necessary for the safe and effective administration of these funds while maintaining fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and environmental protections.

Native American Programs – $350 million to address the needs of Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities in preventing, responding to, and preparing for coronavirus. This includes $250 million in formula funding through the Native American Housing Block Grants program and $100 million in imminent threat grants through the Indian Community Development Block Grant program.

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS – $130 million to maintain operations, rental assistance, supportive services, and other necessary actions to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on low-income persons with HIV/AIDS.

Community Development Block Grant – $15 billion for coronavirus response and to mitigate the impacts in our communities: up to $8 billion to be distributed by formula to current grantees, $5 billion awarded directly to States, based on public health needs and other factors, and the remainder to be awarded on a rolling basis via a formula that prioritizes the risk of transmission of coronavirus, number of coronavirus cases, and economic and housing market disruptions resulting from coronavirus. The legislation also waives the public services cap to allow communities to respond to the impacts of the pandemic.

Homeless Assistance Grants – $5 billion for Emergency Solutions Grants to address the impact of coronavirus among individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and to support additional homeless assistance, prevention, and diversion activities to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic.

Emergency Rental Assistance – $100 billion to provide emergency assistance to help low-income renters at risk of homelessness avoid eviction due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Housing Assistance Fund – $35 billion for State housing finance agencies to provide housing or utility assistance to individuals and families to prevent foreclosure, eviction, mortgage delinquency, or loss of housing or critical utilities as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Assisted Housing Stability – A total of $1.1 billion for HUD multi-family housing programs to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus and ensure the continuation of rental contracts and necessary support services, including:

Project-Based Rental Assistance – $1 billion;
Section 202 Housing for the Elderly – $75 million; and
Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities – $25 million.

Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity – $7 million to address fair housing issues resulting from coronavirus. This includes $4 million for the Fair Housing Assistance Program and $3 million for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

DOT and HUD Oversight –

Inspectors General – $10 million total for the DOT and HUD Inspectors General to conduct audits and investigations to ensure transparency and efficiency within the agencies as they prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

SENATE:

The CARES Act, the third supplemental economic stimulus legislative package offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, contains the following provisions for HUD:

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT – $17.4 billion

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – $10 billion. CDBG is a flexible program that provides communities and states with funding to provide a wide range of resources to address COVID-19, such as services for senior citizens, the homeless, and public health services. Funding will be distributed using formula.

Homeless Assistance Grants – $4 billion. These funds will enable state and local governments to address coronavirus among the homeless population. These grants, in combination with additional waiver authority, will provide effective, targeted assistance to contain the spread of coronavirus among homeless individuals. These grants will also provide state and local governments with homelessness prevention funding for individuals and families who would otherwise become homeless due to coronavirus.

Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – $1.25 billion. These funds will preserve Section 8 voucher rental assistance for seniors, the disabled, and low-income working families, who will experience loss of income from the coronavirus.

Public Housing Operating Fund – $685 million. These funds will provide Public Housing Agencies with additional operating assistance to make up for reduced tenant rent payments as well as to help contain the spread of coronavirus in public housing properties.

Native American Programs – $300 million. These funds will be used to prevent homelessness due to lost income from the coronavirus, as well as to contain the spread of coronavirus on tribal lands. These programs provide flexibility to local tribal governments and Tribally-Designated Housing Entities to respond to local conditions and needs.

Housing Opportunities for Person with Aids (HOPWA) – $65 million. HOPWA is dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS by giving grants to local communities, states, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

Project-Based Rental Assistance – $1 billion. This additional funding will make up for reduced tenant payments as a result of coronavirus. Preserving this critical housing assistance will prevent low-income families and individuals from being at risk of homelessness.

Section 202 Housing for the Elderly – $50 million. These funds will maintain housing stability and services for low-income seniors. Seniors are particularly at risk from the coronavirus.

Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities – $15 million. This additional funding will make up for reduced tenant payments as a result of coronavirus.

Fair Housing – $2.5 million for additional fair housing enforcement.

HUD Administrative Expenses – $50 million. These funds will ensure that HUD’s programs are able to continue serving low-income vulnerable populations, while also providing states and local governments with resources to contain and respond to the coronavirus.

HUD Inspector General – $5 million. Funding for the HUD Inspector General to provide oversight and ensure funds provided are used for lawful purposes.

CLPHA Recent Comments

8.11.25

CLPHA, Reno & Cavanaugh Ask HUD for Reforms to Section 18 Program

Request Greater Flexibility for PHAs to Manage Portfolio

3.3.25

CLPHA Calls for Reform of Long-Term Costs for Affordable Housing Developers

10.15.24

CLPHA Comments on Choice Neighborhoods Program

Comments Call for Aligning CN Requirements with Other Programs, Streamlining Application to Fit Typical Development Processes

6.17.24

CLPHA Submits Final Comments on Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing Proposed Rule

CLPHA, along with Reno & Cavanaugh PLLC,

6.7.24

CLPHA Prepares Comments on Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing Proposed Rule

“Criminal Activity” Clarification and Sliding Scale Time Frame Top CLPHA’s Concerns

4.16.24

CLPHA Expresses Concerns about Domestic Materials Sourcing, Timing, Project Cost Impacts in Comments about BABA

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5.1.26

CLPHA Urges HUD to Preserve Full Local Discretion While Raising Concerns about HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Term Limits Rule

CLPHA PHA Members Are Deeply Committed to Promoting Economic Self-Sufficiency

CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh are urging HUD to preserve full local control while raising concerns about the legal, administrative, and resident impact in comments submitted to HUD on its proposed rule for establishing work requirements and term limits. It is vital that PHAs determine if work requirements or term limits are appropriate for their communities. If a PHA decides they are not, they should not be penalized or pressured into adoption. CLPHA and its member PHAs are deeply committed to promoting economic self-sufficiency and workforce development for the residents they serve.

Comments on the proposed rule are due today, May 1, 2026. CLPHA encourages members to submit comments before the deadline.

CLPHA’s Key Concerns

The proposed rule exceeds HUD’s statutory authority under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, which does not authorize HUD to condition federal rental assistance on employment or impose term limits. Only MTW PHAs have the statutory authority to implement work requirements and term limits. Additionally, the proposed rule also violates the Administrative Procedures Act. The proposed rule would impose unacknowledged and unfunded administrative burdens on PHAs while exposing them to legal risk. Finally, the proposed rule would create irreconcilable conflicts with existing statutory and regulatory frameworks, including HOTMA and FSS.

CLPHA is fundamentally opposed to the use of term limits as a condition of federal rental assistance as they are unsupported by evidence and inconsistent with the realities of the current affordable housing market. A two-year term limit would be insufficiently protective of residents. As detailed in the comment letter, the objective of self-sufficiency cannot be separated from the question of whether adequate job opportunities and affordable housing are available to residents to climb the economic mobility ladder and exit the program. Work requirement and term limit policies have not been shown by research to raise income sufficiently enough to enable families to afford market-rate housing. These policies alone are not a panacea to self-sufficiency.

CLPHA contends that PHAs should be given maximum flexibility to design local workforce development approaches. At the same time, CLPHA encourages HUD to recognize that the proposed rule alone is not sufficient to advance the goal of resident self-sufficiency at scale. Work requirements and term limits are one tool among many, and their effectiveness depends heavily on the broader ecosystem of workforce development supports available to PHAs and residents such as FSS, ROSS, and Jobs Plus. Yet the proposed rule provides no dedicated funding to support implementation.

View CLPHA Comments

View Proposed Rule

4.28.26

HUD Announces $337M in Public Housing Shortfall Funding Available

Broadens Large PHAs’ Access to Shortfall Funding in CLPHA Advocacy Victory

In a significant change from prior years and an important victory for CLPHA’s members, HUD has eliminated the preconditions that previously prevented large PHAs from accessing public housing operating shortfall funds. FY26 shortfall funding stands at $337 million, $312 million more than the FY25 enacted level and a more than 13-fold increase.

CLPHA advocated for continued access to shortfall funds for large PHAs as it had been in prior years. In FY25, HUD prioritized agencies with 249 or fewer units before considering larger PHAs, and PHAs that had received grants in 2022, 2023, or 2024 were locked out entirely — leaving many large agencies with no path to relief despite significant financial need. CLPHA argued that denying funds to large PHAs would harm more families living in public housing because large PHAs serve more residents. HUD listened to CLPHA’s concerns and shortfall funding is now within reach of large PHAs in a way it simply wasn't before.

Large PHAs that were locked out of previously receiving shortfall funding should review their eligibility under this new notice, as those restrictions no longer apply. Eligibility is primarily based on the lesser of either the amount needed to reach 3 months of reserves, or the amount needed to raise the PHA’s subsidy proration to 100%. Allowable expenses for shortfall funds are found in PIH Notice 2025-22, Section 6. MTW PHAs are generally eligible for this set-aside funding if they have not used MTW funding flexibility in a way that reduced their Public Housing Operating Reserves. HUD will exclude projects from the shortfall eligibility calculation that underwent a partial or full RAD conversion before a PHA’s fiscal year end. PHAs can appeal if they believe incorrect information was used to determine eligibility. Check the FY 2026 Shortfall Estimated Eligibility List and submit your application by May 5, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

HUD is requiring compliance with the new Operating Fund Cash Management rules to receive these funds. To be eligible, PHAs must have a 2026 SF-424 approved by HUD. Shortfall funding activity must be reported on the FDS at the project level. PHAs will be required to report monthly obligations and expenditures in LOCCS. PHAs must also submit Federal Financial Reports (SF-425) for each calendar year by April 30 and continue this annually until reaching zero balance. HUD recently launched a new Technical Assistance (TA) webpage and a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to help PHAs navigate these requirements. CLPHA has expressed our concerns about these new rules, including the administrative burden they place on PHAs and the risk that compliance requirements could create barriers to accessing funds that agencies urgently need. We will continue to monitor implementation and keep members informed.

View PIH Notice 2026-10

Apply for Funding in the Public Housing Portal

FY 2026 Shortfall Estimated Eligibility List

View OpFund Cash Management TA and FAQ

4.27.26

CLPHA Supports Interim Final Rule Revoking 30-Day Eviction Notice Requirement in Comments to HUD

Recently, CLPHA submitted comments in support of HUD's interim final rule that revokes the CARES Act requirement that PHAs provide 30 days' notice prior to initiating lease termination for nonpayment of rent. The interim final rule returns HUD's regulations to the pre-2021 framework and restores state and local authority over eviction notification procedures. HUD has delayed the effective date of the interim final rule and is now treating the rule as a proposed rule, pending consideration of public comments before providing an effective date. The comment period for this rule ends today, April 27.

What do our comments address?

Administrative Burden Relief. The 30-day mandate imposed significant administrative and compliance costs on PHAs, requiring lease amendments, tenant notifications, and new tracking systems, without accompanying HUD funding to support implementation.
Restoration of State and Local Authority. Many jurisdictions already had robust tenant protections in place before the federal mandate took effect, the Interim Final Rule appropriately requires notice "in accord with the rental agreement and state law," returning flexibility to PHAs and the communities they serve.
PHAs Already Prioritize Eviction Prevention. PHAs exhaust extensive interventions before pursuing eviction, including repayment agreements, income redeterminations, emergency assistance referrals, hardship exemptions, and coordination with social services.
Call for Additional Rental Assistance. Procedural requirements alone do not address the underlying reasons residents fall behind on rent. CLPHA urges HUD to work with Congress to provide new rental assistance resources, including ERAP-type funding, that directly help residents pay rent.
PHAS Scoring Reform. There is a fundamental tension between HUD's eviction prevention goals and PHAS metrics that penalize PHAs for elevated Tenant Accounts Receivable and delayed unit turnover, even when those figures reflect good-faith tenant support efforts. CLPHA calls on HUD to modify PHAS scoring to exclude arrears subject to active repayment agreements from TAR calculations.
Preservation of Local Discretion. PHAs should retain full discretion to implement notice procedures that exceed the federal minimum where local conditions, state law, or PHA policy warrants.

CLPHA will continue to monitor the progression of this rule and keep members informed of any developments. For questions about the Interim Final Rule or CLPHA's comments, please contact Madeline Morris at [email protected].

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Archived CLPHA Congressional Testimony & Comments

DHA CEO Testifies on Behalf of CLPHA Before House Appropriations THUD Subcommittee

Testimony of Paul Graziano before House Financial Services Committee on Hearing: “The Administration’s Proposal to Preserve and Transform Public and Assisted Housing: The Transforming Rental Assistance Initiative” (5.25.10)

5-25-10 Testimony - Transforming Rental Assistance Initiative

Testimony of Keith Kinard before Senate Financial Services Committee on Hearing: "Public Housing One-for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 2010" (4.27.10)

4-27-10 Testimony - Public Housing Preservation and One-For-One Replacement

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We are asking housing authorities and housing organizations to sign on to a similar letter to Congressional leaders urging them to retain funding for the Public Housing Capital Fund and Housing Choice Vouchers in the Build Back Better legislation. Sign-ons are Due by February 4! SIGN THE LETTER

Deadline: 5:00 PM ET Tomorrow, March 26 Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 1904: The Broadband Justice Act of 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the growing digital divide and the deepening disparities among access to essential technology. These inequities especially impact lower income households and those living in federally assisted housing. By updating the definitions used by HUD, the Department of Treasury, and USDA for utility allowance, The Broadband Justice Act of 2021 would bring affordable broadband to 8 million households residing in federally assisted housing throughout the nation. Bolstered through the creation of a new grant program to develop the required infrastructure and additional operating funds to mitigate increased costs, access to broadband as an allowed utility would be federally subsidized, in a similar way that gas, electricity, and water currently are. Congressman Bowman (D-NY), the bill sponsor, is organizing support for the letter and has set a Friday, March 26, 5:00 pm ET deadline for House members to sign on.

ACTION: 1) CLPHA is asking you to strongly encourage your Members of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 1904: The Broadband Justice Act of 2021. 2) Your Member of Congress should fill out this form to cosponsor the bill. For additional information, please email Josh Shokoor, CLPHA Research & Policy Analyst, at [email protected].

Congressional Democrats are moving the next COVID-19 bill swiftly through Congress. CLPHA and other national public housing industry groups are asking our members to sign on to a joint industry letter to be sent to congressional leadership asking for additional emergency funding and longer-term preservation resources for public housing operating funding, housing vouchers, and infrastructure funding.

The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities has endorsed H.R. 4351, the Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Act. The YIMBY Act, originally co-sponsored by Representatives Denny Heck (D-WA) and Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), is a bipartisan housing bill that seeks to encourage, while not mandating, localities to advance policies that eliminate discriminatory land use policies, exclusionary zoning and other artificial barriers to building affordable housing. The YIMBY Act achieves these goals by requiring Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients to report periodically on the extent to which they are removing discriminatory land use policies and implementing inclusive and affordable housing policies detailed by the bill. The YIMBY Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives unopposed under suspension of the rules on March 2, 2020, and is now in the Senate awaiting consideration. CLPHA is working with Up for Growth Action, the lead advocacy organization generating support for the bill, and is encouraging our members to sign-on as an endorser of the bill. There is a narrow window of opportunity to advance the YIMBY bill to passage after recess in September, and broad geographic, organizational, and industry support can help convince Senate leadership the bill should be considered for a vote.