Join NLIHC’s Tenant Talk Live webinar – a webinar with and for renter and tenant leaders – today, December 6 at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, and 3pm PT) to learn about credit and asset building and to help NLIHC decide whether to recommend HUD test credit and asset building under the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program. Register for today’s Tenant Talk Live webinar at: https://bit.ly/361rmy2
As described in NLIHC’s 2021 Advocates Guide, the MTW demonstration is a program that has allowed 39 participating public housing agencies (PHAs) to waive certain public housing and Housing Choice Voucher regulations in order to broaden their use of those two programs. Some of those PHAs have used MTW to create helpful policies for tenants, while others have imposed harmful policies such as work requirements and rent increases.
In 2016, Congress authorized HUD to expand the MTW demonstration to an additional 100 PHAs over a seven-year period. PHAs were to be added to the MTW demonstration in annual groups called “cohorts.” HUD has already decided on three cohorts: one using stepped and tiered rents instead of paying 30% of adjusted income, one providing incentives for landlords to use vouchers, and one allowing small PHAs to undertake a variety of regulation waivers.
HUD is now considering adding another cohort. NLIHC, the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) are considering suggesting that HUD test credit and asset building policies. But before we do, we wanted to know what tenants think about the idea. We want your input during tonight’s Tenant Talk Live session, and after too, if you think of something later.
To learn more about credit and asset building for today’s Tenant Talk Live, we will be joined by experts Sarah Chenven of Working Credit NFP, Talia Kahn-Kravis of Credit Builders Alliance, and Ariel Nelson with the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). Join NLIHC for this timely discussion and let us know whether we should ask HUD to have an MTW cohort that tests credit and asset building policies.
More information about the MTW Expansion and the existing cohorts is on NLIHC’s public housing webpage: https://nlihc.org/explore-issues/housing-programs/public-housing
Tenant Talk Live is an opportunity for renters to share their experiences and identify opportunities to make a change in their communities. NLIHC is committed to connecting and engaging with resident leaders in new, robust ways. If you are a low-income resident and have a topic you would like to propose or if you want to be a speaker on an upcoming call/webinar, email: [email protected]
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