rental assistance

A growing number of landlords are taking federal rental assistance to cover months of back rent but still moving to evict tenants.

The Treasury Department said it will begin redirecting more than $1 billion in untapped funds to “high performing” areas

New Yorkers will again have the chance to apply for pandemic rental aid — and temporary protection from eviction — under a state court order issued Thursday.

The Treasury Department says several states and cities have exhausted their federal rental assistance in a sign that spending on a program aimed at averting evictions has picked up speed

The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent.

Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling the state legislature into a special session Wednesday in hopes of extending an eviction moratorium and adding protections for tenants and property owners who fell behind on their rent or their mortgage because of hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy should move quickly to get hundreds of millions of dollars in federal rental assistance funds to those in need, nearly all of the state’s U.S. House delegation said in a letter to him Monday

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked an eviction ban that had been put in place by the Centers for Disease Control. Andrew Siff reports.

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation that will prohibit housing evictions and provide utility assistance for New Jersey renters who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation (S-3691) appropriates an additional $500 million for the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (CVERAP) and $250 million for utility assistance, both programs administered by the New Jersey Department of Community…

A few days after the national eviction ban expired, the CDC has issued a new protection for renters. This time, the rules are a little more complicated.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, signed an order stating that evicting tenants could be detrimental to public health control measures as the COVID-19 delta variant continues to spread. The moratorium on evictions applies to counties “experiencing substantial and high levels of community transmission levels of SARS-CoV-2.”

With the federal eviction moratorium extended through July, the focus has turned to getting rental assistance out to millions of tenants.

With the federal eviction moratorium extended through July, the focus has turned to getting rental assistance out to millions of tenants.

A rental crisis spurred by the pandemic prompted many states to make bold promises to help renters, but most failed to deliver on them after Congress passed the sweeping CARES Act in March 2020

The Biden administration is allocating $21.6 billion to provide emergency rental assistance to help prevent evictions of people who lost jobs during the pandemic

An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau