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NCSHA COVID-19 Blogs, News, and Resources

The most recent NCSHA blogs, news, resources, statements, and talking points for HFAs are available below. For a curated compilation of COVID-19 information, guidelines, and notices published by state HFAs, the Administration, HUD, and other federal agencies, please visit the COVID-19 Resources and Updates Center.


Featured HAF Program: Virginia Mortgage Relief Program

Virginia Mortgage Relief Program Website From Virginia Housing Virginia Mortgage Relief Program, or VMRP, provides assistance to homeowners in Virginia experiencing financial hardship due...

NCSHA Washington Report | December 17, 2021

Every day, working people of modest means make entirely rational decisions to decline a raise, defer training, or turn down a better job because the higher income they would earn as a result...

NCSHA Leads Coalition Urging Treasury to Align Fiscal Recovery Fund Rules with the Housing Credit

Today, NCSHA, together with 18 other organizations representing state and local governments and affordable housing industry participants, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the...

NCSHA Washington Report | December 10, 2021

If you were a shareholder in the enterprise that was the largest insurer of mortgages in the world, supported almost 20 percent of home purchases in the United States today, and served double the...

Protect Yourself from Mortgage Relief Scams: Tips and Resources

If you are a homeowner at risk of mortgage delinquency or default, foreclosure, loss of utilities or home energy services, or displacement as a result of financial hardship experienced after January 21, 2020, significant resources are and will become available. Among them is the federal Homeowner Assistance Fund: Find out about your stateā€™s program here. Scammers are taking advantage of homeowners during this time. Below are trustworthy sources of information and links to tips on what to watch out for as you seek help or are approached by companies or individuals offering mortgage relief assistance. Never pay a company or individual upfront for promises to help you get mortgage relief.

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NCSHA Washington Report | December 3, 2021

The Treasury Department will soon announce the results of its first cut at right-sizing amounts of federal emergency rental assistance funds among the more than 450 state, county, local, and...

Lessons from Eight States Regarding Factors That Have Contributed to Statesā€™ ERA1 Spending Rates

In this report prepared for NCSHA, Abt Associates examined statesā€™ Emergency Rental Assistance spending rates and factors that have affected those rates. In July 2021, Abt interviewed ERA program staff from eight states selected to reflect programs that differed in several ways, including in geographic and population diversity, the sizes of the ERA1 allocations they received, and their ERA1 spending rates as of May 2021.

Analysis of Models for Assessing Rental Assistance Need

In this report prepared for NCSHA, Abt Associates presents an analysis of nine estimates of rental debt that were published at different times during the pandemic and compares those estimates to the congressional appropriations and allocations for the Emergency Rental Assistance Programs, ERA1 and ERA2.

U.S. Treasury Departmentā€™s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA1 and ERA2) Interim Report, January 1 ā€“ October 30, 2021

This downloadable Excel workbook shows Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA1 and ERA2) dollars paid and number of households assisted by state and local grantees over the reporting periods of January 1 - March 31, April 1 ā€“ April 30, May 1 ā€“ May 31, June 1 ā€“ June 30, July 1 ā€“ July 31, August 1 ā€“ August 31, September 1 ā€“ September 30, 2021, and October 1 - October 30.Ā 

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Surpasses 2.5 Million Payments to Renters and Landlords

WASHINGTON ā€” State and local governments provided assistance to more than 521,000 renters and landlords in October through the Department of the Treasuryā€™s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA)...

HUD awards $20 million to 10 organizations for eviction protection and diversion

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday announced $20 million in inaugural grants from its Eviction Protection Grant Program, the first of its kind for the...