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COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness update January 6

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Link to 01-06-2021 Stakeholder Call

 

CONTACT A SPEAKER   

Tedd Kelleher, Dept. of Commerce

Corina Grigoras, Dept. of Commerce

Patricio Marquez, Washington State Office of the Attorney General

Kim Johnson, National Low Income Housing Coalition

Noah Patton, National Low Income Housing Coalition

Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance

Rachael Myers, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance

 

TAKE ACTION TODAY!

EMAIL LAWMAKERS ABOUT THE BUDGET: The legislative session starts next week, and lawmakers are finalizing their budget priorities now! We need to contact them and urge them to put housing stability and affordability front and center this session! TAKE ACTION TODAY HERE

SHARE YOUR STORY! Do you have a housing-related story to share? Complete this form and we'll get in touch with you about how you can speak your truth to make statewide change! 

SIGN UP FOR OUR BIMONTHLY CALLS! Also, you can register for our bi-monthly legislative update calls for advocates on Fridays at 1pm here: 

REGISTER FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ADVOCACY DAYS!

 

RESOURCES

Housing Trust Fund award lists can be found here.

Read the most recent eviction moratorium proclamation

New federal Coronavirus Relief Fund allocations for rental assistance can be found here.  

Here is a description of the rental assistance portion of the new relief package.

Here's our FAQ on the housing provisions in the latest relief bill.

Memo on updates regarding new FEMA allowances for non-congregate shelter.

NLIHC membership.

 

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