The American Jobs Plan, President Joe Biden’s proposal to bolster U.S. infrastructure and modernize the economy, is also a plan to fulfil the administration’s commitment to affordable, safe, and fair housing. In terms of housing, the centerpiece of the proposal is $213 billion to produce, preserve, and retrofit houses and apartment buildings. If well-managed and strategically invested, these funds could go a long way toward increasing the supply of affordable housing in this country, a desperately needed change. But improving housing stability and addressing the ongoing eviction crisis only temporarily held in check by an unprecedented array of federal, state, and local protections for renters requires more: an investment in the data infrastructure necessary to root out discrimination, ensure tenants’ rights, and target hazardous housing conditions.
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The Council voted to allow landlords to evict tenants who pose a “threat to the health and safety” during the public health emergency, but lawmakers wouldn’t permit landlords to increase rent on vacant units.
The bill, introduced by At-Large Councilmember
Anita Bonds, makes an exception to D.C.’s year-long eviction moratorium. If signed into law, the bill would let landlords initiate the eviction process so long as the tenant “presents a current and substantial threat to the health and safety” of tenants, their guests, or any agency or employee of the owner. A tenant could also be evicted if they have an illegal firearm, act violently, threaten, or assault someone at the property. Evictions can only be executed if the court substantiates th
As the pandemic exacerbates the nation’s housing crisis, President Biden and Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge have declared support for opening up Housing Choice Vouchers (also known as Section 8 vouchers) to every eligible American.
“Housing vouchers are the best, most flexible tool in our arsenal,” when it comes to tackling housing equity issues, Dr. Eva Rosen, a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, told GGWash in an interview. By expanding them to all eligible recipients, she continued, and increasing their value to allow renters to live in more well-resourced neighborhoods, it could prevent lower-income renters from being restricted to underinvested, and often red-lined, areas as they have often been historically.
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