Reading Room: White House Releases Child Tax Credit Resource
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is a tax credit created in 1997 to help working families offset the cost of raising children. The American Rescue Plan Act, passed by…
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Reading Room: Emergency Rental Assistance Program Update
The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERAP) is now accepting applications for households who have become homeless due to COVID-19, and are in need of rehousing assistance (rental and utility assistance)…
Reading Room: Extra Credit Grant Program
The Extra Credit Grant program was established by the state’s general assembly in 2020 to help families with children who were 16 or younger at the end of 2019…
Press Release: For Immediate Release: Street Homelessness on the rise, affordable housing is the answer.
February 24, 2021 COVID-19 has changed many things for people over the last year, for some worse than others. One of the consequences of the pandemic has been a…
Press Release: ACTING HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE MORATORIUMS
Agency actions extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums on federally-backed single family mortgages through March 31, 2021 to provide urgent economic relief to homeowners impacted by COVID-19. For more info:…
Press Release: Press Release: ESR spotlights the Earned Income Tax Credit for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Residents
WINSTON-SALEM – The City of Winston-Salem is joining others across the nation in proclaiming January 29, 2021, EITC Awareness Day. EITC Awareness Day is a nationwide effort to bring…