Speakers from NYU Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy, Department of the Treasury, National Health Care for the Homeless Council and more joined NLIHC on March 1 for the latest Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness and updates. Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury Office of Domestic Finance Noel Poyo discussed the new Treasury guidance for the Emergency Rental Assistance program. Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brittany Mazzurco Muscato of the NYU Furman Center discussed a new research brief on advancing equity in emergency rental assistance programs. Barbara DiPietro from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council spoke about the efforts to increase access to vaccines for people experiencing homelessness. We also received updates from the field, got the latest from Capitol Hill on negotiations for a new COVID relief bill, and more. …...more
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