Around the State
General Assembly update
- House Bill 1200 stalled until September
- The GA only appropriated $2 billion in CARES Act money
- There remains about $800 million in funds
National
U.S. House approves H.R. 7301: “Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020”
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the “Protecting Renters from Evictions and Fees Act of 2020”
Actions you can take:
- Contact Senators, especially Sen. Thom Tillis, about the need for housing resources. Tell them what you are seeing on the ground. Ask them to enact housing relief and additional economic protections for regular people
- Ask House members to vote to support H.R. 2: The Moving Forward Act, which includes many of the LIHTC reforms of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA)
“Evictions” – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
*contains graphic language and profanity
Resources/Reports
Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy – “Moratorium on Evictions During COVID-19 Protects Vulnerable Children”
U.S. Government Accountability Office – “Rental Housing: As More Households Rent, the Poorest Face Affordability and Housing Quality Challenges”
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – Connections between income, race and COVID-19 Cases
Guest
Erika Ferguson, DHHS
