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14 <br /> Travis Myren said the households served reflects the disporportionality of the pandemic. <br /> He resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Slide #27 <br /> Emergency Housing Assistance <br /> — Amcunt of Assistance by Location and Purpose <br /> ENA by Jurisdiction ENA by Purpose <br /> w..r <br /> tiW <br /> r O ANGE�COOUN Y <br /> Commissioner Dorosin asked if there are conditions imposed on landlords when rent is <br /> covered with these funds, or any incentivizing to forgive past due rent. <br /> Erika Brandt, Interim Housing Director, said the statewide Hope program, which the <br /> department administered in the fall, had a lot of strings attached for receiving funding, including <br /> not evicting tenants for three months after the last payment. She said these conditions <br /> discouraged landlord participation, so her Department opted not to have too many strings <br /> attached for these funds. She said staff is in contact with the landlords negotiating over the <br /> amounts that will be paid, so often late fees will be waived and the funds can be used to the <br /> maximum extent, allowing multiple months of future rent can be covered, which is effective at <br /> keeping people housed. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said it would be good to have a bulleted summary of efforts and <br /> successes, because there can be some public pressure applied that would encourage landlords <br /> to be more cooperative. <br /> Chair Price asked if evictions will be tracked once the moratorium is lifted. <br /> Travis Myren said tracking would come through the Eviction Diversion Program (EDP) <br /> as part of Human Rights and Relations Department. He said EDP and Emergency Housing <br /> work together, and any legal work is done in the Human Rights and Relations Department. <br /> Chair Price asked if staff is looking into how to continue to supplement payments for <br /> people who have not been able to secure gainful employment after the emergency declaration <br /> is lifted. <br /> Travis Myren said ARPA funds will be available for emergency housing assistance. He <br /> said as part of the process for allocating those funds, one of the recommendations will be to put <br /> additional funds/years for emergency housing assistance because the need is not going to go <br /> away. <br /> Chair Price agreed, and said landlords are going to want any money owed to them. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said once moratoriums are lifted, the real work is going to start. <br /> She said staff will work in tandem with the emergency housing assistance to make sure people <br /> are taken care of. She said the Housing Helpline does record calls and what the calls are for. <br /> She said if there is a summons, it immediately goes to EDP, but if the call is just about funds <br /> the Housing Department will handle it. She said staff anticipates more work will come after the <br /> lifting of some of the restrictions, and having ARPA funds will help with that. <br /> Chair Price said there may be an increase in home repair needs too. <br />