CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman: Housing Authorities Committed to Preventing Evictions
7.30.21
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COVID-19
Brief: Certain COVID-19 Regulatory and Statutory Waivers Could Provide Permanent Flexibilities to PHAs
7.28.21
Mayor Fulop Announces Latest COVID-19 Rent Relief Program for Neediest Small Unit Landlords and Tenants (Jersey City Housing Authority)
7.28.21
From Jersey City, NJ Mayor Steven Fulop's press release:
Mayor Steven M. Fulop and the Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) announce the latest Jersey City COVID-19 Rent Relief Program, which will provide up to $10,000 in much-needed rental assistance to low-income Jersey City families who have experienced significant financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rent Relief Program will prioritize families living in owner-occupied buildings with less than five apartments.
How Louisville's housing authority went from hundreds of evictions to zero
7.28.21
From the Louisville Courier Journal:
Wearing a mask and disposable gloves, Makeeba Edmund approached an apartment door and looked for the best place to leave her card.
On it was her contact information and title: eviction prevention specialist for the Louisville Metro Housing Authority.
Edmund hoped the tenant inside would call.
HUD Announces FY 2021 Eviction Protection Grant Program
7.28.21
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Rental Assistance Call to Action Campaign, Look Up Tool, and Toolkit for Advocates
7.28.21
From the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):
HUD & Treasury Webinar “Treasury's Emergency Rental Assistance Program: Coordination with PHAs” TODAY AT 2:00 P.M. ET
CLPHA Creates Eviction Brief for Member PHAs
HUD & Treasury Webinar: Treasury's Emergency Rental Assistance Program: Coordination with PHAs
7.23.21
From HUD PIH:
You are invited to join representatives from HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing and the U.S. Treasury to hear about promising practices from Public Housing Agencies and Emergency Rental Assistance program grantees. Presenters will include agencies working together to help residents of the public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs access assistance for past debts and utilities and to streamline the application process.
Attendee Instructions:
White House Holds Eviction Prevention Summit – Watch the Recording
7.15.21
On June 30, the White House convened an online Eviction Prevention Summit to help catalyze state and local actions to help keep renters stably housed. The first session featured Administration officials and experts from across the country discussing best practices on legal counsel and eviction prevention.