The Mountaineer Rental Assistance Programoffers direct financial assistance to renters who have lost their job, had their income reduced or suffered a significant cost or financial hardship because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. “I’m incredibly excited for this program, because it’s going to enab...
The findings suggest that the initial rent relief provided crucial support for households in terms of financial and mental well-being but also underscore that housing affordability challenges that predated the pandemic cannot be addressed by an emergency rental assistance program ...
According to CBS NY, Time is up, and the safeguards for many renters in New York are set to expire today. Without an extension, renters will lose the security that the eviction moratorium provided for them during the COVID-19 pandemic. For about a year and a half landlords were unable ...
"This was an incredible amount of lawyering over two weeks at all levels of the courts to get relief for one tenant," he said. "Of course, while working on this case, 90% of tenants who appeared on the eviction dockets during those two weeks would not have had the same legal assistan...
In addition to living in a county with a "high" or "substantial" level of COVID-19 infections, qualifications for the moratorium include: You earned no more than $99,000 in 2020 (for couples who file jointly, the cap is $198,000) You must make the "best effort" to obtain all gover...
Slow relief funds rollout means renters face uncertain future Editor’s Note:Sabiha Zainulbhai (@SabihaZ) is a senior policy analyst atNew America’s Future of Land and Housingprogram. Previously, she worked for the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development and NORC @ the University...