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Arlington County Tenant-Landlord Commission’s

Eviction Reduction Subcommittee

Interim Presentation

September 11, 2019

Charge

The Eviction Reduction Subcommittee will hold meetings and take steps to reduce the number of preventable evictions within Arlington County by:

 Conducting research, gathering data, and recommending actions to reduce evictions  Coordinating efforts to reduce evictions with Arlington County staff and other relevant commissions  Coordinating with the Campaign to Reduce Evictions and other nonprofit or advocacy

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 Providing regular updates to the TLC

Highlights

 Established March 13, 2019  Meetings:

 April 8th and May 6th  June 24th and July 22nd

 Commissioners on subcommittee:

 Kellen MacBeth (Chair)  Matthew Whitfield (Public)  Bismah Ahmed (Landlord)  Zachary Butler (Public)  David Timm (Tenant)

 Other representatives on subcommittee:

 Department of Human Services (DHS)

Education & Outreach

 Subcommittee has coordinated the following:

 Establishment of an Eviction Prevention webpage for Arlington County (May 2019)  Research from other jurisdictions and best practices to prevent evictions especially among landlords of small properties  Development of a survey by the Northern Virginia Apartment Association (NVAA) and the Apartment & Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington (AOBA) to gather additional data about evictions in Arlington

Eviction Prevention Programs

 Subcommittee has coordinated the following:

 Presentation from AHC Inc. on their Eviction Prevention Program

General District Court (GDC) Proposal

 Subcommittee has coordinated the following:

 Participation of DHS, Department of Community Planning, Housing, and Development (CPHD), and Legal Services

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eviction reduction proposal with 3 parts:

 Participation of Arlington’s GDC in Virginia’s Eviction Diversion Pilot Program  Scheduling all 1st hearings for evictions on the same day of the week so DHS, Legal Services, and other groups can better support tenants at the courthouse  Attachment of a 1-page eviction prevention resources guide to all eviction notices

Next Steps

 Present the Eviction Reduction Proposal for the GDC to the TLC for approval on September 11th  Invite APAH and Wesley Housing Development Corporation to present on their eviction prevention programs  Work with AHC and other stakeholders to develop best practice guide for landlords to prevent evictions  Work with CPHD to populate new Eviction Prevention webpage with available resources  Continue working with NVAA and AOBA to send out survey to landlords to gather eviction data