The U.S. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, and Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Merrick B. Garland sent a letter last week to state and local government leaders addressing the eviction moratorium.
The letter urged government leaders to:
– Enact state and local eviction moratoriums during the remainder of the public health emergency.
– Work with state and local courts to require landlords to apply for ERAP before they commence eviction proceedings
– Stay eviction proceedings while an ERAP application is pending.
– Use ERAP and American Rescue Plan State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to support the right to counsel and eviction diversion strategies.
– Help tenants navigate the ERAP application process.
“We applaud the efforts of the state and local governments that have already taken these and other actions to prevent unnecessary evictions, as we know many of you have,” the letter read. “However, we also know more must be done and that effective and comprehensive policies to prevent unnecessary evictions have never been more urgent. We stand ready to partner with and support you in any way we can to protect renters and landlords and make programs like ERA as effective as possible.”
“Thank you for all you are doing and will continue to do to keep Americans in their homes,” the letter continued. “We will continue to engage with you over the coming days and weeks as we take on this challenge, and we welcome your input as we work together to prevent unnecessary evictions and help households in need reach the other side of this pandemic safely.”
Source: HUD
Please help us who are facing eviction. We as a country need help not to mention a world wide Disease. That’s also affects kids an babies we need a new order in place
what about helping families like mine that are on ssi with housing many families will be put on the streets with their kid’s because were very low income and section 8 its 5 to ten year wait for people the us government needs to do more for us on ssi disability I only get 797.25 and i can’t afford apartment because cost of living is so high apartments are 995 to 1500 plus bills and food please help families like mine God bless
This is HUD abdicating all responsibility for helping our most vulnerable citizens. The Treasury and Justice Departments have no authority on this, but HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge DOES have some authority on this, as indicated by past FHA eviction moratoriums. Thus far, she has chosen to defer to the states, and does so again with this letter. That may work out for those who live in certain states, but those unfortunate enough to live in Red States are doomed. Governors Abbott and DeSantis (et al) are looking forward to mass evictions, while Washington turns it’s back. Notice the pattern of Red States making it as difficult as possible for eligible people to collect unemployment benefits or Federal funds allocated through the states.