Section 88 Eviction Diversion Monthly Report

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, during the COVID-19 emergency, the department of housing and community development shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on housing, detailing the activities of the governor's COVID-19 eviction diversion initiative from the prior month. The report shall include a breakdown of each rental and housing assistance program, including, but not limited to: (a) the expansion of the residential assistance for families in transition program, which shall include: (i) the number of households who applied for assistance; (ii) the number of households approved for assistance; (iii) the number of households denied assistance and reason for such denial; (iv) the minimum, median and average amount of financial assistance awarded; (v) the average number of days between the submission of an application and its approval or denial; (vi) the number of landlords who applied for assistance on behalf of tenants; and (vii) a breakdown of how assistance was utilized by each household receiving assistance, including, but not limited to, curing rental arrears, moving expenses, security deposit, first and last month's rent or other purposes; (b) the emergency rental and mortgage assistance program, which shall include: (i) the number of households who applied for assistance, delineated by rental assistance and mortgage assistance; (ii) the number of households approved for assistance, delineated by rental assistance and mortgage assistance; (iii) the number of households denied assistance and reason for such denial; (iv) the minimum, median and average amount of financial assistance awarded; (v) the average number of days between the submission of an application and its approval or denial; and (vi) a breakdown of how assistance was utilized by each household receiving assistance, including, but not limited to, curing rental arrears, curing mortgage arrears, moving expenses, security deposit, first and last month's rent or other purposes; (c) the expansion of the housing consumer education centers, which shall include: (i) the number of households served, including number of households served by geographic area; and (ii) the number of special services coordinators assigned to each site; (d) rapid rehousing assistance through the HomeBase program, the Strategic Prevention Initiative and any other temporary program established to assist in rapid rehousing of families and individuals which shall include: (i) the number of households receiving assistance; (ii) the type of assistance given; and (iii) the average amount provided to each household receiving assistance; (e) the expansion of the tenancy preservation program which shall include: (i) the number of households served; (ii) the number of trained staff; and (iii) the number of applications filed; and (f) any other relevant information as the department may decide. The report shall also include the number of notices to quit received by the executive office of housing and economic development under section 79.