Housing Matters 2 NC: Recent Episodes
NC Housing Coalition
Welcome to the new Housing Matters 2 NC Podcast with the latest news and information for the housing movement in North Carolina. With changes that impact your work happening daily, we're here to make sure that you stay up to date on the news no matter where you are. The podcast will include the audio from each week’s Housing Call that we host every Tuesday at 9:30 AM, so if you are unable to make the call, you will have another chance to listen in.
Notes for this Housing Call can be found here: https://nchousing.org/housing-call-december-19-2023/
For more information and call notes please see the website. https://nchousing.org/housing-call-december-5-2023/
Read our full Housing Call notes here: https://nchousing.org/housing-call-november-28-2023/
CALL NOTES Around the State
Court Proceedings Halted Until Mid-January
News Reports: Landlords not accepting HOPE payments
North Carolina's HOPE program not working for everyone
National
COVID-19 Relief Update
Bipartisan group of senators unveil COVID-19 relief bills
NLIHC Statement on Relief Package
Tell Senators Burr & Tillis Additional COVID-19 Relief is Needed (from NC Justice Ctr):
https://ncjustice.salsalabs.org/dobetter/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=470eb3b4-ebc2-4025-8f06-b407fb84e33a
Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) Selected for HUD Secretary
Biden Picks Rep Fudge for Housing/Vilsack for Ag
Statement from NLIHC on the Nomination of Representative Marcia Fudge as HUD Secretary
HUD Deserves Better Than Marcia Fudge
REPORTS/RESOURCES
National Innovation Service (NIS) - Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Homelessness Response
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) - Duplication of Benefits Quick Guide for Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV)
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) - Eviction Moratorium Is Expiring and Millions of Children Are at Risk of Losing Their Home
Around the State
General Assembly
- Returns in January 2021: Will start with organizational work then recess until February
- The bill filing deadline is 1/13
- Will return before February if called back to address COVID related matters/appropriations
Home should be a haven in the era of COVID-19. Overcrowding means some households can contribute to the spread.
NC HOPE program: North Carolina residents await rent assistance funds
City of Raleigh Utility Assistance Funds: Financial Assistance Needed with Utility Payments?
National
COVID relief bill update
Sign-On Letter Asking CDC to Extend Eviction Order
Reports/Resources
National Low Income Housing Coalition & University of Arizona: Innovation for Justice - COVID-19 EVICTIONS
Frank Muraca, UNC School of Government, Development Finance Institute - How Buy-to-Rent Investors Are Changing North Carolina Neighborhoods
SchoolHouse Connections & University of Michigan Poverty Solutions - Across the US, fewer students are being identified as homeless
Guest
Haley Pfeiffer-Haynes
NC Office of Recovery & Resiliency
haley.pfeifferhaynes@ncdps.gov
On the November 3rd ballot, residents of the City of Raleigh will be deciding whether or not to pass an $80 million bond measure for affordable housing. We hosted a special discussion with Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin and members of the Affordable Housing Bond Advisory Committee Yvette Holmes of DHIC and John Goodman of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.
Call Notes: https://nchousing.org/housing-call-september-15-2020/
Around the State
CDC Eviction Moratorium Info/Resources:
What North Carolinians Need to Know About CDC Eviction Moratorium
NLIHC National Moratorium Page
Legal Aid NC CDC Info Flyer
CDC Declaration Form for Tenant Use
NCHC Special Alert – CDC Issues Temporary Halt on Evictions – North Carolina Housing Coalition
NCHC Special Policy Call
Info in other languages: Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Arabic
Tranche #3 CDBG-CV Funds Allocated
CDBG-CV Allocations
Allocation Methodology
NCHFA - Virtual Public Hearing 9/16 @ 10am
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7467496357118339596
National
HUD Disparate Impact Rule Change
NLIHC Analysis
HUD Final Disparate Impact Rule Changes Going Into Effect
Reports/Resources/Events
NC Justice Center’s Budget & Tax Center - State of Working NC 2020
Urban Institute: State of the Cities 2020: Leading Through a Pandemic - virtual event on 9/29
MASS Design Group - Designing Senior Housing for Safe Interaction: How do we design for safe interaction, not social isolation?
Housing Policy - Working With Them: Small-Scale Landlord Strategies for Avoiding Evictions
New America - Displaced in America: Mapping Housing Loss Across the United States
Learn more and read our meeting notes here: https://nchousing.org/housing-call-september-1-2020/
Around the State
General Assembly
- House Bill 1200 remains stalled
- NCHC will keep members posted about HB 1200 on actions to ensure HB1200’s passage
Elizabeth City receives waiver from statewide utility shutoff moratorium
Regional news coverage about the potential for a wave of evictions:
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243913017.html
- https://abc11.com/nc-rent-moratorium-oak-city-cares-kathy-johnson-covid-19-north-carolina/6289238/
National
U.S. House passes Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2)
HUD Proposed Rule Modification on Transgender Protections
IRS Publishes COVID-19 Guidance on Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: Notice 2020-53
Contact U.S. Senators about urgent need for additional housing relief and resources: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NC/6#q=North%20carolina▮_lng=-79.3896838690365▮_lat=35.5568849207
Reports/Resources/Events
Children’s Defense Fund - “Housing Is a Racial Justice Crisis: Solutions for Children and Families During COVID and Beyond”
Urban Institute - To Understand a City’s Pace of Gentrification, Look at Its Housing Supply
Guest:
Emily Cadik, Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition
emily.cadik@taxcreditcoalition.org
Call Notes: Around the State
April Missed Rent Payments
Durham County Using Hotel for Temporary Housing
National
Urge Congress to include resources for housing and homelessness needs in the COVID-19 relief packages
HR 6314 - Emergency Rental Assistance Act of 2020
HUD Waivers/Guidance
NOTICE PIH 2020-05 - Public and Indian Housing Waivers
CARES Act Flexibilities & Waivers for CDBG
Resources/Reports
National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) - Rent Payment Tracker
Rep. David Price townhall for nonprofits
NLIHC Toolkit - “Working with FEMA to Address COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness Needs”
IRS - Tool to Help Non-Filers Register for Economic Impact Payments
Freefile.com - form where people can submit their info to IRS
https://www.freefilefillableforms.com/#/fd/EconomicImpactPayment
HUD Q&A Recordings
Public Housing & Indian Housing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2CtiqSWu7U&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=NLIHC+All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=85e8fc368c-Memo_041320&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e090383b5e-85e8fc368c-292697557&ct=t%28Memo_041320%29
HUD Multifamily Programs: https://soundcloud.com/hud-355897147/multifamily-updated-covid-19-guidance-april-7-2020
Check-Ins on Local Impacts w/NCHC:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19306385
Call Notes:
Around the State
House Select COVID 19 Committee
- Provide Input
NC Courts - Proceedings Postponed Until June 1
National
CARES Act Resources:
CDBG Info
Tranche (timeline) Amount (National) Amount to NC Uses #1 - 45 days of enactment $2 billion $47.1 million
Entitlement areas - $28 million
Normal CDBG uses; 15% public services cap is waived
Examples: rental payments, mortgage payments
#2 $1 billion TBD Normal CDBG uses #3 (rolling basis) $2 billion TBD TBD - intended to be for highest risk areas, hot spots CARES Act HUD Allocations - CDBG, ESG & HOPWA
Small Business Administration - Paycheck Protection Program
Other Nonprofit Resources
USDA Rural Housing Division - COVID-19 Responses
Resources/Reports
National Low Income Housing Coalition - The Need for Emergency Rental Assistance During the COVID-19 and Economic Crisis
NAACP - “Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States”
National Bureau of Economic Research “Housing Discrimination and Pollution Exposures in the United States”
NYU Furman Center - “What Are the Housing Costs of Households Most Vulnerable to Job Layoffs”
NC News
Major Disaster Declaration
Other States’ with Major Disaster Declaration
Robeson County water shutoffs
Evictions Continue in Some Counties
NC House Select Committee on COVID-19
McDougald Terrace & COVID-19
National News
CARES Act
Funding Chart
Resources from Rep. David Price:
- https://price.house.gov/sites/price.house.gov/files/COVID-19%20Resource%20Guide%20for%20State%20%26%20Local%20Stakeholders.pdf
- https://price.house.gov/covid-19-resources
CRA Public Comment Period Deadline Extended - Wednesday, April 8
Resources/Reports
National Housing Law Project - CARES Act Eviction & Foreclosure Moratorium Summary & Analysis
Guidance from the USDA & VA for their mortgage holders
NLIHC - Housing Instability and COVID-19 Map