Millions of our country’s lowest-income renters were struggling to make rent even before the pandemic hit. Now, more than 40 million people have applied for unemployment benefits since March. Without immediate action from Congress, a wave of evictions and a spike in homelessness throughout the country will ensue.
NLIHC is calling on Congress to enact immediately the critical housing resources and protections contained in the House-passed “HEROES Act,” including: $100 billion in emergency rental assistance; a uniform, national moratorium on evictions; and $11.5 billion to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
Add your organization to two national letters today urging Congress to act to keep people stably housed. One letter urges congress to immediately enact all of the housing provisions in the HEROES Act, and the other focuses more specifically on the need for emergency rental assistance.
To sign the letters, visit: https://tinyurl.com/y9hc8oj7