Good morning,

We will be faced with hard decisions about how best to use resources available to us. As research that might be of help comes out, I'll forward to you.

Be safe,

Maureen

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From: National Low Income Housing Coalition <outreach@nlihc.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:25 AM
Subject: New Research: Costs of Eviction-Related Homelessness; National #RentReliefNow Call-In Day Today!
To: <maureenhowardconsulting@gmail.com>

National Low Income Housing Coalition

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New Research: Costs Associated with Eviction-Related Homelessness

Today, NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice (i4J) Program at the University of Arizona released a research note on the public costs of eviction-related homelessness that the U.S. will incur if emergency rental assistance is not provided. In addition to the cruelty of throwing people out of their homes during a pandemic, a wave of evictions would create significant downstream costs for public health and social service systems. Depending on how many renters lost their homes, the cost of these social services could be as high as $129 billion.

During the last weeks of October, fewer than half of renters who owed rent were highly confident they could pay it on time. Among renters with no confidence in their ability to pay next month’s rent on time, more than half were borrowing from family and friends to meet their spending needs, one-third were using credit cards, and one-third were spending down savings. As unemployment insurance, rental assistance, and other forms of support run out, an increasing share of renters will be unable to pay their rent. Methods of projecting future rent payment rates created by economists at the Federal Reserve and the consulting firm Stout Risius Ross indicate that between 6.7 million and 13.9 million renter households could soon be at risk of eviction. Black and Latino renters were more likely than white renters to be behind on rent in late October, and over a fourth of Black renters said they were not caught up. Renters of color are likely to be disproportionately affected by a wave of evictions.

This report builds on the Innovation for Justice Program’s Cost of Eviction Calculator, an online tool that allows users to estimate select community costs of services associated with a rise in eviction-related homelessness. NLIHC and i4J estimate the costs of emergency shelter, inpatient and emergency medical services, foster care, and juvenile delinquency to people experiencing homelessness as a result of eviction. Depending on the number of households evicted, these public costs would range between $62 billion and $129 billion. These costs are in addition to the well-documented personal costs of eviction on individuals and the costs to landlords of unpaid rent.

These costs, which would strain the budgets of public health and social service agencies, can be avoided if emergency rental assistance and eviction prevention programs keep people in their homes. Congress must provide at least $100 billion in emergency rental assistance to protect the housing stability of renter households, prevent the harms that evictions inflict on individuals and families, and avoid a significant increase in social service costs during a recession.

Costs of COVID-19 Evictions

Join Today's National Call-In Day to Demand Rent Relief Now!

Join NLIHC and advocates across the country for today's National Call-In Day to demand that Congress immediately pass a coronavirus relief bill that includes the essential housing and homelessness resources and protections in the House-passed “HEROES Act:”

$100 billion in emergency rental assistance
$11.5 billion in ESG homelessness services grants
A national, unified moratorium on evictions
Additional funding for HUD and USDA housing programs to ensure housing stability during and after the pandemic

A looming eviction crisis, colder temperatures, and alarming increases in coronavirus cases underscore just how critical it is for Congress to pass a comprehensive relief bill that addresses the urgent housing and health needs of people experiencing homelessness and the lowest-income renters.

Call Congress Today to Demand a Comprehensive Coronavirus Relief Package with Critical Housing and Homelessness Resources and Protections!

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.

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I'm with Angela Davis:

"I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change.

I'm changing the things I cannot accept."

And with John Lewis:
"Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."