The Department of Treasury launched its Emergency Rental Assistance Program in March of 2021 with Texas receiving $2.4 billion dollars to aid with families and individuals struggling to stay housed during the pandemic. Now nearly 18 months later, Texas Housers has observed the manner in which the State of Texas and 37 localities within have distributed this essential rental assistance and closely reviewed 10 major programs in our latest report ‘Emergency Rental Assistance in Texas: How it went and what happens now.’
On today's Buzz Session of A Little Louder, we hear from the report's author, research analyst Erin Hahn, to ask her how the ERA program was seen in different regions of Texas, how the Federal government's hands off approach had pros and cons, and what should be done to prevent displacement and evictions in the future using lessons from this program.
You can read the report on our blog and keep posted here on Texas Housers' website for a companion report on evictions in January.
Episode 46: Intro to the Houser Academy
Episode 45: Texas GLO and Discrimination
Buzz Session 4: Justices of the Peace are ignoring tenant protections
Episode 44: Issues with Texas Rent Relief
Episode 43: What could a Tenant Bill of Rights do for San Antonio?
Buzz Session 3: Treasury must clarify plan for recapturing Emergency Rent Assistance funds
Buzz Session 2: Lessons to learn from COVID
Episode 42: Expanding The Rights of Tenants In Austin with BASTA
Buzz Session 1: Eviction Surge In Texas
Episode 41: Houston’s Dangerous Apartment Problem Part 1
Episode 40: Demolition Deluge in San Antonio
Episode 39: Five things that need fixing in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program
Episode 38: The American Rescue Plan Act and Tenants' Rights
Episode 37: ERA and the Eviction Crisis in Texas
Episode 36: Who Can Afford The Rent In Texas?
Episode 35: Eviction Courtwatch During COVID-19
Episode 34: President Biden's Executive Orders On Housing
Episode 33: Relief for renters during a pandemic
Episode 32: Searching For A Landlord To Take My Voucher
Episode 31: Housing Segregation, George Floyd, and Honoring True Housers
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