Tag: COVID-19
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Nearly 1M would lose rental assistance under House budget plan
A spending cut that would leave almost 1 million households without rental assistance is the top story in AHO’s weekly affordable housing news summary.
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Lessons from Emergency Vouchers can help Section 8 renters
New research about pandemic practices that might help renters with a Section 8 Voucher is the top story in AHO’s weekly affordable housing news summary.
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Federal pandemic emergency declarations will end in May
The Biden administration announced that it will end COVID-19 pandemic emergency declarations, and other top headlines in affordable housing this week.
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Section 8 vouchers do not keep pace with rising rents
With rents skyrocketing in many areas, even households lucky enough to get a Section 8 voucher may find themselves priced out of the market.
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HUD News in Review: November 17, 2021
Disclaimer: Affordable Housing Online is not affiliated with HUD, or any HUD agency. Every week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes news about important events within the agency. The following are summaries of news for the week of November 17, 2021: HUD supports mandate to stop false identity matching for credit checks…
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HUD News in Review: November 10, 2021
Disclaimer: Affordable Housing Online is not affiliated with HUD, or any HUD agency. Every week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes news about important events within the agency. The following are summaries of news for the week of November 10, 2021: HUD distributes American Rescue Plan funds for victims of COVID-19 related…
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Programs now helping renters with second round of Emergency Rental Assistance
As eviction protections expire in jurisdictions around the country, state and local governments have scrambled to get federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) to desperate tenants behind on their rent. While most state and local programs are focused on using up the first pot of ERA funds, some programs have begun tapping into the second pot…
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Landlords: Consider This Before You Choose to Evict
If you are a landlord or rental property manager, some of your tenants might not be paying rent on time or not paying rent at all while COVID-19 continues to affect the nation. Some of these tenants may owe you months of back rent. Now that the CDC’s moratorium on evictions is over, you are…
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What’s next for renters, now that the eviction moratorium is gone?
As the pandemic has dragged on, millions of low-income renters kept their homes because of the national eviction moratorium ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Now that the Supreme Court has struck down the CDC order, what can renters expect as they try to hold off eviction? The help that you…
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What the new CDC eviction moratorium means, and how it works
On August 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new moratorium on evictions. Now, landlords and owners are not allowed to evict most tenants until after October 3, 2021. The CDC wants to prevent renters from having to move into congregate settings where COVID-19 spreads, stating that “Such mass evictions and…