WEBINAR: Statewide Advocacy for Rental Assistance to Stabilize Low Income Households & Rental Housing Market
This webinar will review: The impact of the extension of the eviction moratorium and why rental assistance is needed, Current legislation to create additional rental assistance options, and Strategies to engage the PA General Assembly and the media. The Housing Alliance is partnering with the Pennsylvania Apartment Association in this endeavor. More Information: Low income households are disproportionately represented among those impacted by temporary job loss and with little savings to pay rent and utilities will likely get behind in meeting their basic needs. Initial estimates indicate that at least 15 percent of renter households or 200,000 Pennsylvania households will be impacted by COVID-19 related job loss or reduced work hours. Economic forecasts tell us that the recovery, when it begins, will be slow and some jobs may not immediately return. We ask the state to take additional steps to ensure that when the world begins to return to normal, tenants at lower incomes will be able to pay their rent and landlords will receive rental payments to ensure they can meet their own financial and operational obligations.
Presenters:
Phyllis Chamberlain-Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, Leah Sailhamer, Pennsylvania Apartment Association, Andrea Mannino, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Gale Schwartz, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania