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On September 10, 2021, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) held a virtual hearing entitled “Protecting Renters During the Pandemic: Reviewing Reforms to Expedite Emergency Rental Assistance.” After months of criticism from policymakers and housing advocates, and in the wake of the...
CLPHA Working with Biden Administration to Speed ERA Fund Distribution
(Washington, D.C.) August 27, 2021 -- Statement from CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman on the Supreme Court's blocking of the CDC's eviction...
(Washington, D.C.) August 4, 2021: Statement from CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman on the extension of the CDC’s eviction moratorium:
“The Center for Disease Control’s order to extend the...
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David Greer, CLPHA
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For Immediate Release
July 30, 2021
(Washington, D.C.) July 30, 2021 – CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) announced $20 million in available grant funds for non-profit or governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to low-income residents at risk of or subject to eviction. HUD expects to make 20 awards, grant amounts...
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...
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.
Today, the Biden Administration announced that it was extending the current CDC moratorium on evictions through June 30, 2021. The moratorium had been set to expire on Wednesday, March 31. Rules and requirements for the extension remain the same, though HUD is expected to issue...
On September 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order entitled “Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent Further Spread of COVID19.” The order took effect on September 4 when it was published in the Federal Register. The...
On June 10, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held a hearing entitled “The Rent is Still Due: America’s Renters, COVID 19 and an Unprecedented Eviction Crisis.” Referring to low-income renter households, Subcommittee Chairman...