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Fondo de Asistencia al Propietario de Vivienda por Estado y Ayuda para Rentas de Emergencia

Lessons from Eight States Regarding Factors That Have Contributed to States’ ERA1 Spending Rates

In this report prepared for NCSHA, Abt Associates examined states’ 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.

NCSHA Letter to Treasury on Quarterly Reporting

This letter, sent by NCSHA to the Treasury Department on November 16, 2021, urges Treasury to provide a blanket extension for Emergency Rental Assistance quarterly reports until such time as the department is able to streamline quarterly reporting requirements, provide grantees with technical assistance on reporting, and fix technical problems in Treasury’s ERA reporting portal.

CHCDF Sign-On Letter to Congress Urging Enactment of the Build Back Better Act

On November 10, 2021, the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding, of which NCSHA is a member, sent this letter to congressional leadership urging them to quickly enact the $154 billion investments in critical housing and community development investments in the Build Back Better Act.

IRS Revenue Procedure 2021-47: Tax Treatment and Reporting Requirements for HAF Assistance

Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 2021-47 addresses the federal tax status and reporting requirements for assistance payments made to homeowners through the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF). The Revenue Procedure states that assistance payments made to homeowners under HAF are not considered gross income for federal tax purposes, but instead qualify as disaster relief payments. Consequently, beneficiaries will not have to pay taxes on qualified assistance received through HAF.

Treasury Responses to ERA Reporting Questions Submitted by NCSHA

This October 28, 2021, document communicates the Treasury Department’s responses to some of the questions NCSHA submitted on October 20 regarding quarterly ERA reporting.

Urban Institute Homeowner Assistance Fund County-Level Targeting Data

The Urban Institute has compiled a dataset that includes homeowners’ demographic and income characteristics and breakdowns foreclosure risk at the county level. The Urban Institute published the data with the intention of helping policymakers best target their Homeowner Assistance Fund resources.

Principles and Grantee Survey for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program Reallocation Process

NCSHA, along with all other major national organizations representing Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program grantees—the American Public Human Services Association, National American Indian Housing Council, Council of State Community Development Agencies, National Association of Counties, National Community Development Association, and National League of Cities—provided this set of principles and proposed grantee survey to the U.S. Department of the Treasury with our joint recommendations on the process Treasury should employ for meeting the statutorily required reallocation of ERA 1 grant dollars beginning after September 30, 2021.