During the most recent (June 28) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” we heard from Gene Sperling, senior advisor to President Biden, and Noel Poyo, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, on the administration’s recently announced whole-of-government effort to prevent evictions. We also discussed NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) project; a new report on the results of a national survey of emergency rental assistance programs; a new resource from the Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response on using American Rescue Plan Act funds to address homelessness; and updates from Capitol Hill.
Gene Sperling and Noel Poyo provided updates on the extension of the CDC eviction moratorium. Mr. Sperling spoke about the Biden administration’s initiatives to promote housing stability and prevent evictions. Noel Poyo discussed Treasury’s emergency rental assistance (ERA) fact sheet and Treasury’s promising practices for ERA programs.
Ann Oliva, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, talked about the collaborative “Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Response,” and shared a new Framework resource detailing how states and localities can use funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to prevent and end homelessness. NLIHC’s Andrew Aurand and Isabel Harner from the Housing Initiative at Penn shared findings from a national survey of ERA programs. The survey highlights key features of programs that have been successful in efficiently and equitably distributing rental assistance, as well as common challenges ERA programs face. NLIHC’s Sarah Gallagher introduced the coalition’s recently launched End Rental Arrears to Stop Eviction (ERASE) project, and NLIHC’s Sarah Saadian shared the latest updates from Capitol Hill.
NLIHC hosts national call every week. On today’s call we will be joined by Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Jacob Leibenluft, who will share his insights on using the state and local Fiscal Relief Fund dollars authorized in the American Rescue Plan Act for affordable housing. Register for today’s call (Tuesday, July 6, at 2:30 pm ET) at: https://tinyurl.com/ru73qan
Watch a recording of the June 28 call at: https://tinyurl.com/jh2cd3st
Access presentation slides at: https://tinyurl.com/v5krxses