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On June 30, the White House convened an online Eviction Prevention Summit to help catalyze state and local actions to help keep renters stably housed. The first session featured Administration officials and experts from across the country discussing best practices on legal counsel and eviction...
From CBS 58 News Milwaukee:
Mayor Tom Barrett announced Sunday, July 11, he is directing over $30 million to support housing activities in Milwaukee using funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The money is the first phase of ARPA funds to be deployed to increase housing and...
From HUD PD&R's Edge:
When the coronavirus pandemic emerged in spring 2020, agencies devoted to providing housing resources and homelessness services scrambled to build and adapt programs to keep people safe and sheltered. In the years preceding the pandemic, the San Diego Housing Commission (...
From MetroHealth's press release:
MetroHealth’s proposed pilot project has been selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to participate in the FCC’s Connected Care Pilot Program. This pilot will support the System’s Digital Connectivity Initiative, which includes providing patients...
From the Times of San Diego:
The San Diego Housing Commission’s collaborations on affordable housing projects garnered several awards, the commission announced Monday.
Presented by the San Diego Housing Federation, the Ruby Awards honor “excellence in affordable housing...
State of the Nation’s Report
Earlier this month, the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies released their annual State of the Nation’s Housing report. After a year of dealing with the global COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic fallout, many were eager to dive into the...
Late last week, the Department of the Treasury released a new set of FAQs on the emergency rental assistance (ERA) program, along with a fact sheet to help grantees expedite funds, provide housing stability services, and prevent evictions. This most recent version of FAQs...
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced that the agency has extended its eviction moratorium through July 31, 2021. The moratorium was scheduled to expire on June 30, 2021, and this is intended to be the final extension of the moratorium.
From The Columbus Dispatch:
The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority will be using $21 million in new federal money to pay for emergency vouchers to house 298 homeless families.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the money as part of $5 billion being...
From WVEC Nofolk:
If you stopped by the park at the Oakleaf Forest housing community Wednesday, you’d think it was just one big party.
It featured music, games, and an ice cream truck on the warm spring day.
But the event, coordinated by Hampton University, strived to keep people...