ERASE Convening - October 17, 2022
National Press Club
On October 17, 2022, NLIHC's End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) project hosted “Emergency Rental Assistance: The Path to a Permanent Program,” a national convening held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. With more than 1,200 people attending in person and online, the hybrid event included five panels, 23 guest speakers, two messages from members of Congress, and more than 100 ERASE cohort members. Recordings of the sessions are accessible below.
- Sessions 1 & 2
SESSION 1: SUCCESSFUL ERA IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FROM PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS
MODERATOR: Sarah Gallagher, ERASE Senior Project Director, NLIHC
PANELISTS: Joey Nathan, Executive Director, Northern Ponca Housing Authority & UNAHA board member; Andrea Bell, Executive Director, Oregon Housing and Community Services; Ayanna Sims, Assistant Program Manager, Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation; Senta Leslie, Associate Director of Eviction Prevention, Office of Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development; Emilio Salas, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Development Authority
SESSION 2: DIVING INTO THE LATEST IN ERA RESEARCH
MODERATOR: Rebecca Yae, Senior Research Analyst, NLIHC
PANELISTS: Andrew Aurand, Vice President for Research, NLIHC; Claudia Aiken, Director, Housing Initiative at Penn; Dr. Lisa Bates, Associate Professor, Portland State University
- Sessions 3 & 4
SESSION 3: TENANT PANEL – THE ERA EXPERIENCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE
MODERATORS: Daniel del Pielago, Organizing Director, Empower DC; Sid Betancourt, Housing Advocacy Organizer, NLIHC
PANELISTS: Ronald Smith, public housing resident; Gloria Smith, public housing resident; Linda Brown, Empower DC member and public housing resident
SESSION 4: ERASE SPOTLIGHT: INNOVATIVE WAYS COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED VISIBLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND PREVENTIVE ERA PROGRAMS
MODERATOR: Tori Bourret, ERASE Coordinator, NLIHC
PANELISTS: Erin Hahn, Research Analyst, Texas Housers; Tonya Myers- Phillips, Public Policy Advisor, United Community Housing Coalition; Susan Jocob, Program Director, Housing Counseling Services, Inc.; Lee Patterson, Social Work Director, Richland Library
- Session 5 & Closing Remarks
SESSION 5: FEDERAL POLICY AND THE FUTURE OF ERA
MODERATOR: Sarah Saadian, Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Field Organizing
PANELISTS: Beth Cooper, U.S. Senate Banking Committee; Erika Poethig, Special Assistant to the President for Housing and Urban Policy, White House Domestic Policy Council; Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Veronica Soto, Director, Office of Recovery Programs,U.S. Department of the Treasury