NLIHC Releases Research Brief Finding 23 State Grantees and DC Could Exhaust ERA Funds by End of 2022 Despite Outstanding Need
NLIHC released on May 26 a new research brief, Balancing Act: An Analysis of Remaining Emergency Rental Assistance Funds, Reallocation, and Outstanding Need. The brief analyzes emergency rental…
New Report Released on Unspent Emergency Rental Assistance Funds, How They Should be Reallocated, and Outstanding Need
A descriptive summary of emergency rental assistance spending (ERA) trends, Treasury Department reallocation, disparities between grantees’ remaining ERA funds and their outstanding need WASHINGTON…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel to Join White House Event on Advancing Equity through the American Rescue Plan
NLIHC supports the long-term implementation of emergency rental assistance for the lowest-income and most underserved communities. What: National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) President and…
NLIHC Releases Brief on Leveraging Federal Resources to Extend ERA
NLIHC released a new brief, “Extending the Reach of Emergency Rental Assistance: Leveraging Federal Resources.” The brief explores how three federal programs – the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal…
Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance Data Show More Than $1.8 Billion Disbursed to Households in March
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through March 2022. More than $714 million of ERA1 and more than $1.1 billion of ERA2 was…
New State-Level Demographic Data Provide Insight on Households Served by ERA1 in 2021
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released demographic data disaggregated by state that indicate emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs assisted a high share of Black households in each…
Communities with Fewer ERA Disbursements Had Lower Institutional Capacity
Researchers from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley have released a new report examining how local institutional capacity relates to take-up rates of…
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 27, Issue 14
Memo: Senators Urge Inclusion of Affordable Housing Investments in Reconciliation Package; NLIHC Celebrates Fair Housing Month; and More
Secretary Yellen Testifies before House Financial Services Committee
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Janet Yellen addressed the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services during an April 6 hearing, “The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the…
New Treasury Data Indicate Nearly 4.6 Million Payments Made to Households Since January 2021
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released on March 30 Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through February 2022. Overall, $22.5 billion of ERA1 and ERA2 funds have been…
Over $1 Billion of ERA Funds Reallocated in Second Round; Four State Grantees Voluntarily or Involuntarily Reallocated More Than 50% of Their ERA1 Allocation
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released new data on reallocations of the initial appropriation of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA1). The release of the data marked the second of…