COVID-19
MBA Webinar: Renter Counseling to Mitigate Evictions and Reduce Operational Costs
MBAโs CONVERGENCE and NCSHA partnered to offer this webinar exploring tools that can help mitigate evictions, focusing on the benefits of renter counseling to both tenants and landlords and the role state Housing Finance Agencies can plan in developing a renter counseling curriculum and convening partners to help tenants become successful renters.ย
ERA 1 Reallocation Guidance
These documents provide information on reallocation of Emergency Rental Assistance funds authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (ERA 1).
CDC Eviction Moratorium Through June 30, 2021
Effective January 31, 2021, this order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extends the moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent until March 31, 2021. The CDC initially ordered a moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent on September 4, 2020, lasting until December 31, 2020, due to the public health implications of eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Congress acted to extend until January 31, 2021, the CDC eviction moratorium in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. This CDC order further extends the moratorium through the end of the first quarter of calendar year 2021.
IRS Notice 2021-17: Clarification of IRS Covid Guidance
This Notice provides clarification for Notice 2021-12.
NCSHA Summary of Homeowner Assistance Fund
This summary provides the details of the Homeowner Assistance Fund included in the American Rescue Plan Act, enacted on March 11, 2021.ย
HUD Mortgagee Letter 2021-05
On February 16, HUD published, with immediate effect, Mortgagee Letter 2021-05. ML 2021-05 extends the foreclosure and eviction moratoriums for FHA-insured mortgages until June 30, 2021, in addition...
NCSHA Joins Industry Letter Advocating for Homeowner Assistance Fund
On February 8, 2021, more than 350 national and local organizations, including NCSHA, sent this letter to Congressional leaders urging them to provide $25 billion in direct assistance through the Homeowner Assistance Fund to homeowners hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. The bulk of these funds would be deployed through state housing finance agencies.
House Financial Services 2021 COVID-19 Relief Draft Bill
This draft legislation, which the House Financial Services Committee will mark up on February 10, includes the housing provisions expected to be included in the 2021 COVID-19 relief legislation.
Homeowner Assistance Fund (S.254)
This legislation, introduced by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) with lead cosponsors Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), would authorize a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund at the Department of the Treasury, which would be administered at the state level to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and utility shut-offs.ย
