COVID Relief Bill will dramatically reduce homelessness in Utah: Let your Congressperson know

Congress is debating a bill to help the country recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The bill also provides unprecedented funding to address the housing instability and homelessness crises that were worsened by the pandemic.  Specific funding to address homelessness and housing instability include:

• $19 billion in emergency rental assistance to help people avoid eviction during the next eighteen months,
• $5 billion for Housing Choice Vouchers for people recovering from homelessness and for renters at greatest risk of homelessness, and,
• $5 billion for homelessness assistance through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.

This funding is the biggest federal investment in homelessness prevention in several decades.  If you support these ideas let you representative know.
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Utah's Representatives in Congress
Representative Blake Moore 
Representative Chris Stewart 
Representative John Curtis
Representative Burgess Owens

Learn more:

• The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has produced a detailed analysis of the proposed COVID-19 relief bill.
• Community Change has created a useful analysis of how changes in federal housing policy  could prevent homelessness.
• The National Low Income Housing Coalition has produced analysis about how many low income Utah families are paying more for rent than they can sustainably afford.