Housing Call: July 20, 2021

Around the State

NC House budget in August to have higher state employee raises

NC Senate Passes FY 2021-2023 Budget Proposal – North Carolina Housing Coalition

Wake Forest residents fight mobile home park redevelopment

National

Housing is Infrastructure Act

• $70 billion for capital repairs in public housing; 
• $45 billion for the national Housing Trust Fund
• $2.5 billion for Section 811 housing for people with disabilities and Section 202 housing for the elderly; and 
• $2 billion for both rural and Tribal housing

Ending Homelessness Act

• Creates a universal housing voucher entitlement program so that every eligible household is able to receive rental assistance. 
• Ban on source-of-income discrimination
• Requirement to use Small Area Fair Market Rents 

Senate Democrats Advance $3.5 T Infrastructure Spending

REPORTS/RESOURCES

National Low Income Housing Coalition ERASE Webinar Series

This three-part series (July 28, August 4, and August 11 from 3-4:30 pm ET) focused on tools & best practices for emergency rental assistance programs

Register Here

National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

4-in-10-latino-and-black-households-with-children-lack-confidence-that-they-can-make-their-next-housing-payment-one-year-into-covid-19

Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley – The Uneven Impact of the Pandemic on the Tenants and Owners of Small Rental Properties

GUEST:

Dan Threet, Research Analyst at the NLIHC

Contact Dan directly: dthreet@nlihc.org

Contact NLIHC Research team: research@nlihc.org

Out of Reach 2021: North Carolina

Out Of Reach 2021