COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness Provider Stakeholder Call 4/29/2020

Here is a link to the call.

Speakers:

• Debbie Thiele, Corporation for Supportive Housing: debbie.thiele@csh.org
• Sarah Brundage, Enterprise Community Partners: sbrundage@enterprisecommunity.org
• Sen. Rebecca Saldana, 37th LD: rebecca.saldana@leg.wa.gov, coco.chang@leg.wa.gov
• Councilmember Kate Burke, City of Spokane: kateburke@spokanecity.org
• Tedd Kelleher/Dept. of Commerce: tedd.kelleher@commerce.wa.gov

*New Action Alert* TAKE ACTION TODAY AND EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS!

Please follow the above link to contact your members of Congress today and ask them to ensure that the next stimulus package includes:

• $11.5 billion in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding. This combined with the $4 billion previously provided in the CARES Act will reach the funding level needed to expand access to emergency shelter, short-term rental assistance, and housing stabilization services;
• $100 billion in rental assistance to keep people housed and ensure landlords, including low-income housing providers, have the income they need to continue to operate;
• $8.5 billion to ensure that public housing authorities can continue to operate at full capacity;
• A uniform, national moratorium on evictions and foreclosures;
• Resources for housing counselors and legal services to help renters and homeowners stay housed; and
• A requirement that local communities follow guidance by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and institute a moratorium on homeless encampment sweeps.

Resources: 

• Check out the Housing Alliance's COVID-19 Resources Page.
• Is your landlord trying to evict you during the eviction moratorium? The Attorney General can help enforce your rights. Visit this page to file a formal complaint. Note: please only use this link for this particular purpose. Please don't use this for advocacy or other purposes.
  ​CDC report of COVID outbreak in King County shelters.
• Here are several LIHTC resources discussed by Sarah Brundage:
  • ACTION Covid-19 resources & updates 
  • ACTION Housing Credit priorities here (PDF)
  • Join ACTION at: http://rentalhousingaction.org/join

• National Community Platform and Webinars for Supportive Housing Resources: Great resource from the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
• If you or clients didn't file taxes in 2018 or 2019 but still need to receive your stimulus check, visit this page.
• Building Changes & Raikes Foundation Funding Opportunities.