Housing Call: December 8, 2020

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 [email protected]