Emergency rental assistance needs to get to people faster. Much faster. According to Treasury data, from May 1 to 31, states and localities served an average 5,153 households per day (159,754 total). At this rate, to serve the applications submitted but not completed (282,777) it would take 55 days, well past the eviction moratorium deadline.

Folks (including me!) who are concerned about aff housing for people who experience homelessness / the lowest income households, don't miss what's happening at the local level on land use and zoning reforms.
The debate is so hot it's on 🔥 urban.org/urban-wire/how… Yes, poor people need housing subsidies to make the development of housing "pencil out" for developers.This will take a federal investment. A universal housing voucher program, as @JulianCastro proposed would be evidence-based awesomeness. Of course, we need aff production too.

1/15 More research is needed to help solve homelessness. It’s Friday, so time for a thread. I stopped at 15 but could go on. Not in order. More research needed, doesn’t mean we shouldn't fund housing now. We should. #homelessnesschat 1/ How big is the “in-flow” of people into homelessness (i.e., new people entering homelessness)? Reduce homelessness=exits > inflow but we don’t know the inflow #.