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Summary: The Rent Eviction Crisis
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... To address this question, the Strategy Group generated a set of potential actions using a scenario planning approach, which aided the group in identifying a set of actions that would reduce evictions across a wide range of underlying economic, social, and public health outcomes. Appendix B describes the scenario planning approach in 1 See https://www.nationalacademies.org/strategic-science.
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... Members of the Strategy Group believe further that the actions recommended in this report echo the goals and mission shared by housing authorities and communities at large with respect to reducing housing instability during the pandemic and beyond. Context for the Report The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an already severe housing crisis in the United States.
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... Local and federal moratoriums have addressed some of the challenges discussed earlier by helping millions of families remain in their homes during the pandemic until the government can eventually distribute emergency rental assistance efficiently to address arrears and prevent an eviction crisis (U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2021)
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... It should be noted as well that, even though the scenario planning approach used by the Strategy Group was designed to identify actions that would remain robust and effective across a spectrum of possible future states, the group recognized that COVID-19 and the associated housing crisis are rapidly developing, and circumstances are likely to change in the near future. A key area of uncertainty of relevance to this report is the specific authorities that are assigned responsibility for certain aspects of the crisis response.
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... Partnerships with these entities can establish shared leadership, vision, and adaptive strategic planning based on the recommended actions to meet immediate and future needs associated with the dynamic housing challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. Local and state partners -- including public, private, and nonprofit organizations -- are uniquely positioned to implement targeted strategies for collecting data and information that are representative of a community's composition and unique needs without compromising personal information.
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... Secure: Preserve, Provide, and Expand Safe Affordable Housing Within these four goals, the recommended actions fall under different categories (see Appendix D) : Provide immediate emergency assistance to tenants during the pandemic; stabilize housing, families, and communities to support health; support and assist renters and property owners during and after the pandemic; capture and build in existing pandemic-response efforts for the longer term; set research priorities and new partnerships to inform long-term improvements; and promote legislative and regulatory changes to build more resilient systems for future crises.10 If implemented, these recommended actions would promote partnership and could mitigate the growing incidence of severe housing insecurity during the pandemic and over the longer term, reduce discrimination and ensure fair access to safe and affordable housing, and overall ensure a resilient recovery from this crisis, as well as prepare for future shocks.


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