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December 01, 2022 | event | Nia West-Bey

Gen Z and Food Security: A Focus on Our Nation’s Young Adults

On December 1, Nia West-Bey and Jesse Fairbanks spoke at the Congressional Hunger Center’s “Gen Z and Food Security: A Focus on Our Nation’s Young Adults.”

August 15, 2022 | News Clip | Jesse Fairbanks

Taking away a person’s access to housing and food does not promote work

Jesse Fairbanks's wrote an op-ed for The Hill.

June 8, 2022 | Blog Post | Jesse Fairbanks

How White Supremacy Perpetuated Environmental Hazards in Communities of Color

Communities of color are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards. Now, these communities deserve restitution. 

February 28, 2022 | Blog Post | Jesse Fairbanks

Cities Experiment With Restitutive Housing Programs. Do They Advance Reparations?

Two U.S. cities—Santa Monica, CA and Evanston, IL—recently achieved important milestones in their plans to compensate Black residents whose ancestors were directly harmed by racist housing and land use policies.

October 18, 2021 | Blog Post | Jesse Fairbanks

Congress Must Prioritize Investments in Anti-Racist Housing Programs to Truly “Build Back Better”

More members of Congress must raise homeownership disparities and community reinvestment as a priority in the Build Back Better agenda, displaying their support for programs that acknowledge and strive to dismantle racist housing and land use policies or eliminate their lasting, discriminatory effects.

September 24, 2021 | Blog Post | Jesse Fairbanks

Beyond Reducing Rental Debt: ERAP Programs Can Support Right to Counsel

To help tenants stay in their homes, local and federal policymakers must advance effective solutions like right-to-counsel programs, which ERAP funds can support. Such programs help tenants secure representation to fight evictions, a step toward equity that many local governments have shown can reduce housing…

May 25, 2021 | Blog Post | Jesse Fairbanks

Advocacy Tips for Improving Emergency Rental Assistance Programs

The Treasury Department recently published guidance that calls on ERA administrators to reevaluate their programs, signaling an opportunity for advocates to influence how programs in their jurisdiction adapt to the stronger requirements.

January 12, 2021 | Blog Post | Jesse Fairbanks

New Congress Must Act Swiftly to Subsidize Rental Assistance Programs and Prevent Evictions

December's COVID relief package offers $25 billion in rental assistance to states, but the limited funding still forces administrators to make difficult decisions about who “deserves” relief most and may increase administrative burden in the process.

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