Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to execute a Data Transfer and Use Agreement with Princeton University’s Department of Sociology’s Eviction Lab in order to provide Emergency Rental Assistance recipient data from the city to the Eviction Lab in response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Notice of Funding Opportunity ("NOFO") titled, “FY 2022 Impact Evaluation of the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program” (FR-6600-N-83).
In May 2022, HUD announced the availability of $2,000,000.00 for the research project titled "Impact Evaluation of the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program.” HUD expected to make approximately four awards from the funds available under this NOFO. The objective of the NOFO is to fund rigorous evaluations of the impact of ERA funding on housing stability outcomes. HUD’s primary outcome of interest is evictions, but applicants could propose other housing stability measures. The research funded under this NOFO will advance scientific knowledge and produce policy-relevant evidence on the impact of the ERA program on evictions and may inform the development of future approaches to helping families maintain housing stability and avoid eviction.
Princeton University’s Department of Sociology’s Eviction Lab was one of the four selected recipients to receive HUD funding for this research. The Eviction Lab principal investigator in turn selected Columbus as one of the entitlement jurisdictions from which to receive ERA recipient data.
Emergency action is requested in order to allow the transfer of data from the city to the Eviction Lab as soon as possible to allow the researchers ample time to collect, evaluate, and collate the data in order to meet the project deadline established by HUD.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute a Data Transfer and Use Agreement with Princeton University’s Department of Sociol...
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