NLIHC Staff to Present at NLCHP Webinar on PTFA

The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) will host a webinar, “Eviction(Without) Notice: Renters & the Foreclosure Crisis,” on February 20 at 1 pm ET. Scheduled presenters are Tristia Bauman of NLCHP, Kent Qian of the National Housing Law Project, and Sham Manglik of NLIHC. Ms. Bauman and Ms. Manglik will discuss the efficacy and implementation of the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA), as well as the findings of NLCHP’s recent report Eviction (Without) Notice: Renters & the Foreclosure Crisis, and NLIHC’s report, Renters in Foreclosure: A Fresh Look at an Ongoing Problem. Mr. Qian will discuss positive changes in state law intended to provide renters more protections through the foreclosure process, highlighting recent California legislation as a model.The PTFA provides most renters in foreclosure the right to at least 90 days notice before being required to move. The law, unless extended by Congress, will expire on December 31, 2014. Click here to register for the webinar. Click here for the NLCHP report. Click here for the NLIHC report. For more information on the PTFA, see NLIHC’s Renters in Foreclosure Fact Sheet, downloadable from http://bit.ly/PNFyNu.