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I want to personally make sure you got an invite to register for tomorrow's event on pandemic rental assistance and housing programs.
There's been a ton of recent news coverage on emergency rental assistance, so it's a good time to examine what we've learned and whether these programs helped people pay rent and utilities during the COVID-19 crisis.
Below are just a few articles to get you primed for the event, or if you can't make it, to give you background when you watch our recap.
Thanks! Look forward to seeing you there,
Lisa
"New Mexicans are still struggling with unemployment or rental assistance and benefits, it has become near impossible to come up with the money month after month."
"To date, just $7.7 billion in payments have been made to help those in need out of the $46 billion that was approved last December and March, meaning more than 83% of the money has not yet been spent."
'Mayor Mitch Colvin is concerned that if a backlog of more than 6,000 residents don't have their applications soon reviewed, they could be "sleeping under bridges."'
Our event focuses on housing and rental assistance
October 5th from 12:30pm - 1:45pm ET
As the public health crisis continues, minority and low-income communities are at risk of losing their housing.
Congress made $46 billion available through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help individuals with difficulties paying rent and utilities due to the pandemic - but states and local governments have struggled to get the money out. We'll hear from experts on how this affects underserved communities.
Join us and register for this event
Speakers include:
Dr. Peter Hepburn, The Eviction Lab and Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Dr. Vincent Reina, The Housing Initiative at Penn and Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Kate Reynolds, Senior Policy Program Manager, Research to Action Lab at the Urban Institute
Susan Thomas, President of the Melville Charitable Trust
This co-sponsored activity does not constitute or imply an endorsement of NAPA or any of its products or services by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, CIGIE, or the United States government.
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