Congress recently appropriated $25 billion for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which provides assistance with rent and utilities to households that have lost income or experienced other financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the National Council of State Housing Agencies, Abtâs Jeffrey Lubell and Stephen Whitlow helped develop guidance to assist states in designing programs.
Research is showing that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect the rate of homelessness for yearsâeven more than the Great Recessionâsince those âwho are losing their jobs are already the most vulnerable.â Jill Khadduri provides insight into this issue, and advocates for the use of housing vouchers in this report on Marketplace. For more on this topic, click on the Expanding the Housing Choice Voucher Program webinar recording below.
HUD sponsored an analysis of its Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing (IWISH) modelâs impact on the healthcare utilization and housing stability of low-income older adults. This first of three reports documents baseline characteristics of affected residents and describes the progress made in the enrollment process and wellness assessments within the first 18 months.
This blog in Asset Funders Network highlights the importance of strong, stable community development financial institutions in the wake of the COVID-19 health and economic crises. Sarah Wolff co-authored the piece along with Mercedeh Mortazavi, vice president JPMorgan Chase, offering key takeaways from Abtâs evaluation of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. PRO Neighborhoods competition.
On a day-to-day basis, vulnerable populations suffer from inequities in health, wealth, and education. These same people are then disproportionately impacted by catastrophes ranging from hurricanes to COVID-19. In this episode of The Intersect, Madeline Colety and Lorine Giangola discuss how Abtâs housing and resilience work is helping clients promote equity.
In this roundtable discussion, housing policy experts and leaders of public housing authorities discuss why a greatly expanded Housing Choice Voucher program is needed, how rapidly an expansion could take place (given the capacity of the current administrative system), and how the expansion can support and promote racial justice.
Drawing on the experience of families, leading practitioners, and researchers, this first webinar of our Moving Upstream series explores how housing and economic mobility programs can coordinate to help families thrive.
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