Erik Gartland

Nearly 3.7 Million People at Risk of Losing Needed Rental Assistance to Harsh Time Limit and Work Requirement Proposal

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Trump Administration has proposed a rule that would put as many as 3.7 million people — more than half of them children — at risk of losing their rental assistance to rigid time limits or stringent work requirements. This report estimates the number of people affected in every state and explains why the policy is both legally dubious and ineffective at promoting economic stability.

Administration Plan Targeting Immigrants Would Take Away Rental Assistance, Create New Barriers

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |With Sonya Acosta

A proposed Trump Administration rule would bar families from receiving rental assistance if any household member is ineligible due to immigration status — ending decades of prorated assistance for mixed-status families. Nearly 80,000 people could lose assistance, and burdensome new documentation requirements could jeopardize housing for hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens.

Where Households Using Federal Rental Assistance Live: More Can Be Done to Promote Neighborhood Choice

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |With Alicia Mazzara, Will Fischer, and Nick Kasprak

An analysis of where households receiving federal rental assistance live across the 100 largest metropolitan areas, finding that while programs help people afford housing in a wide range of neighborhoods, many assisted households — particularly in public housing — live in high-poverty areas shaped by a long history of racist housing policies. The report includes interactive maps and policy recommendations to expand neighborhood choice.

New Trump Rule Puts Millions at Risk of Losing Rental Assistance

The New Republic

"Even if they're technically exempt, they could lose their rental assistance anyway, for all the additional red tape that it would require to verify compliance and exemptions," said Gartland. "It's quite possible, especially for people with lower incomes, that it's difficult to get all that paperwork to prove that exemption."

Milwaukee Renters Using Section 8 Housing Vouchers Still Face Discrimination, Report Finds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"That gap between the supply of voucher-affordable units and the amount of families actually using their vouchers in lower-poverty areas suggests that there are other factors at play that are preventing people from using their vouchers in lower-poverty areas," Gartland said.

These Renters Were Hit Hardest by the Pandemic and They're Still Struggling

CNN Business

"Despite some popular notions of housing hardship, like expecting more impact in coastal areas where housing costs are highest, hardship was concentrated in southern states," said Erik Gartland, a research analyst on the housing team at CBPP. "This overlay of race and hardship reflects systemic racism and pre-pandemic disparities in housing that has grown as we have seen a disproportionate impact of the pandemic on Black and Latino workers."