COVID-19 Affordable Homeownership Network COVID-19 Response Webinar - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Protecting Homeowners and Affordable Housing in the Age of COVID-19

Affordable Homeownership Network COVID-19 Response Webinar May 26, 2020

Welcome

Pamela Agava

Program Manager, Affordable Homeownership Prosperity Now

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Prosperity Now’s mission is to ensure everyone in our country has a clear path to financial stability, wealth and prosperity.

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Today’s Agenda

Introductions and Context Framing Learnings from the Last Listening Sessions Prosperity Now’s COVID Resource Page & Other Resources Field Discussion Making Connections & Summary Next Steps & Close

Listening Sessions

Prosperity Now hosted three listening sessions to evaluate the impact

• f COVID-19 on our field.

We had nearly 400 field partners join the Listening Sessions, sharing with us various experiences and the unprecedented need to support low-wealth neighborhoods, small businesses, and vulnerable individuals across the country. We are continuing to understand the disparate impact of COVID-19 on low-income and marginalized communities and develop solutions to ensure an equitable response, so that individuals, families, small business owners, and nonprofit organizations have access to the supports they need to respond to and recover from this crisis.

Listening Sessions Learnings

Prosperity Now Resources-COVID

WHO IS THE MOST VULNERABLE DURING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS?

While the scale of the impact of the pandemic will remain unknown for some time, one thing is certain: this public health crisis will directly, or indirectly, affect every individual across the globe. Although everyone is vulnerable to contracting the virus, the risk of developing severe or lethal illness is not equally distributed across the population. The elderly and those with certain preexisting health conditions are especially vulnerable. Similarly, the negative impact that this crisis will have on the finances of families and individuals will disproportionately hurt those who are already economically vulnerable.

1. Over 45 million households that don’t have enough cash on hand to weather an emergency 2. Tens of millions of American workers who are employed in low-wage occupations, or are paid hourly wages 3. Racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and women, all of whom are more likely to work in low-wage occupations and have less in savings 4. Undocumented immigrants, who face additional challenges and are largely excluded from accessing social supports 5. Low-wage workers in certain

• ccupations and states that fail

to provide those workers with vital protections and benefits

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Today’s Speakers

Doug Ryan

Senior Fellow, Prosperity Now

Steve Sharpe

Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center

Today’s Speakers

Kaia Peterson

Executive Director, NeighborWorks Montana

Phyllis Edwards

Executive Director, Bridging Communities

Today’s Speakers

Robert Morlino

Marketing Director, Homewise

You!

Housing Practitioners, Prosperity Now Community

Today’s Discussion

The Impact of COVID-19 on Affordable Housing

Today’s Speakers

Steve Sharpe

Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center

Overview of CARES Act, State Moratoria, and Consumer Protections

Today’s Speakers

Kaia Peterson

Executive Director, NeighborWorks Montana

Addressing COVID-19 Challenges thru Innovative Solutions in Rural Areas

Today’s Speakers

Phyllis Edwards

President, Bridging Communities

Addressing COVID-19 Challenges as a multi-service Housing Organization

Today’s Speakers

Robert Morlino

Marketing Director, Homewise

Innovative Program Opportunities to Address COVID-19

Making Connections

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