Housing Assistance

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Housing Assistance Resources

Innovative ERA Dashboards Provide Opportunity for Real-Time Analysis

Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) programs are increasingly sharing real-time data to show progress on how much funding has been disbursed, what it is being used for, and who is receiving it. NLIHC maintains a list of these publicly available dashboards. While some dashboards contain only high…

Recordings Available of NLIHC ERASE Webinar Series

NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) three-part webinar series on ensuring ERA programs are visible, accessible, and preventing evictions concluded on August 11. Recordings are available here.

Senator Wyden Introduces “Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act”

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced on August 18 the “Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act,” a bill that includes several proposed solutions to the nation’s affordable rental housing crisis. While some provisions in the DASH Act provide critically needed resources to help struggling…

Updated NLIHC Resources Track ERA1 Spending Progress and More

NLIHC launched a new feature on its Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Dashboard, the “Spending Tracker (ERA1),” which provides a snapshot of spending progress of ERA1 (ERA funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021). The accompanying ERA1 Spending Tracking spreadsheet provides detail on…