ZERO TO THREE, the nation’s leading early childhood development nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life, released a new report, “Building for the Future: Strong Policies for Babies and Families after COVID-19.” The report highlights the impact of the pandemic on families with young children and recommends specific policy solutions to build strong families for the future, including an array of recommendations which are aligned with the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign’s federal housing policy agenda.
According to the report, “Congress should immediately provide $100 billion in emergency rental assistance to be combined with an extended and expanded federal eviction and foreclosure moratorium for 12 months to carry families through the pandemic; bridge the gap between rents and income for the most overburdened and under resourced households through increased investments in rental assistance, including a new subset of ‘Opportunity Vouchers’ designed for families with young children to expand access to safe neighborhoods with strong schools, better employment prospects, and other opportunities; expand the stock of housing affordable to households with low incomes; and stabilize households by providing emergency assistance to avert housing instability and homelessness.”
ZERO TO THREE is a Roundtable member of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign. To read the full report, click here.