Join us on July 27 from 3 to 4:15 pm ET for the second webinar in our three-part End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) summer webinar series! The second webinar, “State Legislative Efforts to Advance Tenant Protections,” will highlight the successes of 2022-2023 ERASE cohort members in implementing tenant protections and increasing housing stability. The webinar will provide advocates with information about the various tenant protection campaigns of cohort members, including Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy’s initiative to establish limits to application fees; Homes RI’s efforts to eliminate application fees, create rental registries, and pass eviction sealing legislation; the Hoosier Housing Network’s efforts to pass eviction sealing legislation; and the Detroit Right to Counsel Coalition’s efforts to ensure effective implementation of the Detroit Right to Counsel Program. Presenters will discuss the advocacy strategies used to achieve their wins, as well as challenges they faced along the way.
The call will feature:
- Angelica Moran, Public Policy Specialist, Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy
- Katie West, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Housing Network of Rhode Island
- Andrew Bradley, Policy Director, Prosperity Indiana
- Tonya Myers-Phillips, Public Policy Advisor, Michigan Legal Services, and Project Leader, Detroit Right to Counsel Coalition
Background
The 2022-2023 ERASE cohort is a group of state and local nonprofit partners that are conducting on-the-ground partnership development, capacity building, outreach and education, policy reform, and systems change work to ensure that the gains made in setting up systems to provide emergency rental assistance and prevent evictions are sustained.
Each of the three webinars in the new series will focus on members’ unique efforts to enact and enforce tenant protections or extend emergency rental assistance and highlight the various strategies used to accomplish their initiatives.
The final webinar in the series will be held on August 24 at 3 pm ET.