ERASE Cohort Member Releases Report Revealing Evictions’ Disparate Impact on Black, Latino, and Female-Headed Households in Connecticut
The Connecticut Fair Housing Center and CT Data Collaborative released a report, “Exposing Connecticut’s Eviction Crisis: Understanding the Intersection of Race and Sex in Connecticut’s Eviction…
White House to Hold Summit on Building on Emergency Rental Assistance to Ensure Long-Term Eviction Reform
The White House is holding a virtual event on Tuesday, August 2 from 12:30-2:30 pm ET on the need to build on the American Rescue Plan’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program to ensure long-term…
May Emergency Rental Assistance Data Show Decrease in Overall ERA Spending
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released emergency rental assistance (ERA) spending data through May 2022. ERA grantees spent over $948 million of ERA2 and $681 million of ERA1 for…
New Research Finds Application Barriers Impacted Approval Rates in California ERA Program
New research from the University of Pennsylvania’s Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP) offers a descriptive analysis of the experience of applicants to California’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA)…
Research Finds Eviction Moratorium and ERA Reduced Evictions
New research from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Washington University in St. Louis, and Case Western Reserve University uses simulated models to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on evictions…
ERASE Cohort Member Releases Report Evaluating the Impact of ERA in Omaha, Nebraska
Together Omaha – a member of NLIHC’s ERASE (End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions) project cohort – released a report on June 13, “Delaying the Eviction Wave: An Evaluation of the Emergency Rental…
NLIHC Seeks an End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) Intern for Summer Semester
Help the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) end rental arrears to stop evictions in America! NLIHC seeks an End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) project intern for the summer…
Emergency Rental Assistance Supports the Mental Health and Financial Well-Being of Households
New research from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) finds that emergency rental assistance (ERA) provides short-term benefits beyond housing stability for recipients,…
Many Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Aim to Prevent Homelessness but Need Improvements to Do So
New research published in Housing Policy Debate, “Can Emergency Rental Assistance Be Designed to Prevent Homelessness? Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance Programs,” finds that while 89% of…
NLIHC Releases New Report, Database, and Interactive Map on Housing Investments Made with State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
New resources show how states and localities are leveraging State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to address affordable housing and homelessness WASHINGTON, DC– The National Low Income Housing…
U.S. Treasury Releases Emergency Rental Assistance Spending Data through April: 5.6 Million Payments Have Been Made to Households in Need
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released on June 3 Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through April 2022. ERA grantees spent approximately $1.1 billion of ERA2 and $563…