News for August 2021
Northampton Offers Landlord Incentive
Advocates struggle to find homes for tenants with new emergency vouchers in Northampton area
By Brian Steele
The Gazette
NORTHAMPTON — Regional and local housing authorities in western Massachusetts have received batches of new emergency housing vouchers, which are available to certain homeless and at-risk individuals and families, but some agencies are having trouble matching tenants with affordable units.
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End of eviction ban still a concern despite extension
Housing task force relaunched to deal with looming problem of people being displaced
By GREG VINE
For the Recorder
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed an order Wednesday extending the moratorium on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from the CDC said Walensky determined that “evictions of tenants for failure to make rent or housing payments could be detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread of … COVID-19.”
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