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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Joint Letter to Treasury on Emergency Rental Assistance Reporting Guidelines

NCSHA, along with other major national organizations representing grantees—the Council of State Community Development Agencies, National American Indian Housing Council, National Association of Counties, and National League of Cities—sent this letter to Treasury providing comments on the reporting guidelines for the Emergency Rental Assistance program.

Featured ERA Program: Indiana Emergency Rental Assistance

The Indiana Emergency Rental Assistance (IERA) program is designed to decrease evictions, increase housing stability, and prevent homelessness by helping renter households whose income has been negatively impacted by COVID-19 with rent and utility assistance.

Accelerating the Utilization of Emergency Rental Assistance: NCSHA Recommendations

This paper consolidates the various recommendations NCSHA has made to the Administration on how it could modify its guidance to better facilitate rapid deployment of Emergency Rental Assistance program funds to eligible households and their landlords and utility providers.

American Enterprise Institute Data on FHA Delinquencies for Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas

The American Enterprise Institute analyzes those metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) it deems most at risk from delinquent Federal Housing Administration mortgages. The page also includes a tool...

Emergency Rental Assistance Reporting Guidance

This document provides guidance from the Treasury Department to grantees receiving Emergency Rental Assistance funding on required reporting procedures.

NCSHA Statement for FHFA Listening Session on Closing the Gap to Sustainable Homeownership

On June 29, 2021, NCSHA’s Garth Rieman delivered this statement at the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s public listening session on “Closing the Gap to Sustainable Homeownership.” The statement recommends several actions FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac could take to increase homeownership among people of color.

HOME-ARP Allocation Chart by State HFA

This chart shows the total grant amount allocated to each state HFA under the American Recovery Plan to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HOME Investment Partnerships program.

Proposed Rule: Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard

This rule proposes to rescind the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2020 disparate impact rule and to restore the 2013 discriminatory effects rule.

NCSHA Comments on Housing Trust Fund Final Rule

On June 25, 2021, NCSHA submitted these comments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on its Housing Trust Fund Interim Final Rule. NCSHA’s comments recommend changes in the rule to provide HTF administering entities more flexibility.

Senate Dear Colleague Letter on FY 2022 HOME Funding

This letter was sent to Chair Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) of the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies in support of the HOME Investment Partnerships program. Signed by 45 senators, the letter urges the subcommittee to support President Biden’s budget request and provide $1.9 billion for the HOME program in FY 2022.