Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance Programs: Lessons from Fifteen Case Studies Furman Center, Housing Initiative at Penn, National Low Income Housing Coalition, March 9, 2021
Through 15 in-depth case studies, this brief tells the story of how several COVID-19 rental assistance programs evolved over time, and the rich learning that occurred in each jurisdiction. The rental assistance programs chosen represent jurisdictions ranging from small and rural to large and urban for in-depth structured interviews.
COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance: Analysis of a National Survey of Programs| Blog Furman Center, Housing Initiative at Penn, National Low Income Housing Coalition, March 4, 2021
This brief takes an in-depth look at the rental assistance programs that have been created by states and localities to administer rental assistance relief during this crisis. The brief analyzes the survey results from 220 COVID-19 rental assistance programs and its eligibility requirements from across the country.
Advancing Racial Equity in Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
Furman Center, Housing Initiative at Penn, National Low Income Housing Coalition, March 1, 2021
This brief draws upon the analysis from a survey of 220 “first-generation” COVID-19 rental assistance programs, along with additional document review and interviews with selected program administrators. Based on these sources, the brief highlights several lessons about strategies states and localities can use to design and implement more equitable emergency rental assistance programs.
Research Spotlight
America’s Rental Housing 2020 Joint Center for Housing Studies, February 2021
This report illustrates how rental market conditions have changed since the Great Recession, underscoring how it has become harder than ever for middle-income Americans to pay the rent. High-income households have driven renter household growth, rental stock has shifted toward apartments in larger buildings, and affordability has worsened for middle-income households.
Building a Better Ladder of Housing Opportunity in the United States Terner Center, February 2021
This report proposes a framework to reform the way the federal government structures housing investment and regulatory oversight, focusing on three core objectives: right sizing and better targeting direct subsidies to households, expanding and harmonizing housing supply-oriented resources, and strengthening incentives for localities and private market actors to ensure they are advancing fair housing, rooting out systemic racism, and supporting climate resilience.
Many People are Behind on Rent. How Much Do They Owe? (Blog) Urban Institute, January 26, 2021 In this blog we analyze the three most-quoted estimates of back rent (by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Stout, and Parrott and Zandi) to understand the assumptions underlying each.
COVID-19 Resource Tracker: A Guide to State and Local Responses
Urban Institute, last updated February 11, 2021
This guide is a spreadsheet compiling more than 100 resources tracking state and local data and policy responses in health care, food, housing, and income supports.
The Unequal Financial Impacts of the Pandemic Joint Center for Housing Studies, last updated February 8, 2021 This interactive tool, which includes data from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey through December 2020 illustrates that households of color, especially those who rent or have lower incomes, have been particularly hard-hit, economically, by the pandemic.
