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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Letter from Treasury to ERA Grantees on ERA 1 Reallocation Process

This September 24, 2021, letter from U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale O. Adeyemo to Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program grantees provides preliminary information about Treasury’s approach to the statutorily required reallocation of grants authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (ERA 1).

NCSHA Letter Supporting House Committees’ Reconciliation Legislation

This September 17, 2021, letter to House and Senate leadership underscores NCSHA’s support for the housing provisions contained in the reconciliation legislation reported by the House Ways and Means Committee and Financial Services Committee and encourages leadership to keep these provisions as close to the versions as passed by the committees as possible in final reconciliation legislation.

NCSHA Letter to Treasury on the Homeowner Assistance Fund

On September 15, 2021, NCSHA sent this letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury requesting clarification in several areas that would allow Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) administering agencies to fully plan and prepare their programs. Guidance was requested on issues including recycling of funds to assist more homeowners, reuse of funds repaid after the program expires, tax status of benefits received through HAF, and Treasury’s reporting requirements.

HUD Notice CPD-21-10: Requirements for the Use of Funds in the HOME-American Rescue Plan Program

This September 13, 2021, HUD notice establishes the requirements for the $5 billion provided under the American Rescue Plan Act through the HOME program (HOME-ARP) intended for use by HOME participating jurisdictions to provide housing and services for households experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

ACTION Steering Committee Letter on Housing Credit Provisions in Ways and Means Reconciliation Bill

These letters from NCSHA and 22 other members of the ACTION Campaign Steering Committee to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) on September 13 and to House and Senate leadership on September 21 expresses support for Housing Credit provisions in reconciliation legislation reported by the House Ways and Means Committee.

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.

Joint Letter to Chairwoman Waters on Amending Emergency Rental Assistance Authorizing Statute

On September 2, 2021, NCSHA, along with other major national organizations representing Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) grantees — the National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, National American Indian Housing Council, American Public Human Services Association, Council of State Community Development Agencies, and National Community Development Association — sent this letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) providing recommendations on amending the ERA program to eliminate statutory barriers in administration and expedite the provision of assistance to eligible households.

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Side-By-Side

This side-by-side compares the first round of funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance program (authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, enacted December 27, 2020) to the second round of funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance program (provided in the American Rescue Plan Act, enacted March 11, 2021).

Congressional Sign-On Letter in Support of Including AHCIA in Reconciliation Package

This August 25, 2021, letter to House leadership, led by House Housing Credit champions Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) and signed by 111 House Democrats (including the leads), urges inclusion of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act in the reconciliation package Congress will consider in September 2021.

NCSHA Letter to Senate and House Leadership on Priorities for Reconciliation

This August 24, 2021, letter sent to Senate and House leaders sets forth NCSHA’s affordable housing reconciliation legislation priorities.