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Rob, a housing committee member, told the group he expects conversations at the federal level and by consulting groups to affect voucher administration. “One of the key consultant groups out of the Washington DC area called Abt Associates…they're canvassing housing authorities,” Rob said, describing upcoming consultations on voucher coordination with landlords and on strategies to address mismatches between rising rents and stagnant incomes. He warned some reductions at the local housing authority were already being notified to the committee.

Committee members discussed outreach to landlords and suggested assembling a landlord contact list and inviting willing landlords to meetings. Several speakers noted many smaller landlords partner with local agencies but are at capacity and new openings arise unpredictably.

Speakers also discussed incentives, landlord training and eviction-sealing legislation. An agency staff member mentioned a pending house bill (eviction sealing) referenced during the meeting but the number was not specified on the record. Rob and others proposed analyzing eviction-filing trends to measure program effectiveness and to support future funding applications.

A lengthy discussion followed about municipal rental-inspection programs. A borough manager identified as Dave described a recently implemented inspection program (about 16 months in place) requiring inspections at change of tenancy and a 24-month reinspection cycle; landlords or property managers must be present or have an authorized representative within 30 minutes to facilitate inspections. Dave said the program focuses on basic life-safety checks (smoke detectors, handrails, egress) and offers discounts for multiple-unit inspections to make participation affordable.

Speakers said inspections aim to protect tenants and reduce risks such as missing smoke detectors and blocked egress. Several landlords on the call endorsed inspections as a way to catch safety issues and suggested statewide standards could be beneficial.

The committee noted regional interest from Abt Associates and potential collaborations to develop landlord-facing strategies, tenant-preparation trainings and targeted outreach, including a proposal for a landlord committee or incentive pilot to expand the pool of rental units available to households exiting homelessness.

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“Our ERAP program did close officially last week, so all the funds have been exhausted,” Gina, a program staff member, told the coalition. “Through that, we've been able to support about a 170 to 180 households. I'm still working out the final number there. And, over $800,000 worth of rental assistance did go out.”

Gina said the average assistance per household was about $5,000. She described the program's process: the coalition issued commitment letters to hold funds for applicants but did not release payments until a landlord signed a lease; when money was paid and later a household's rent or circumstances changed, providers expected refunds per landlord agreements.

Janet and other action-committee members described ongoing casework: 44 open cases currently and 52 households housed since the start of the year; the action committee has recorded 87 calls since January, with 28 identified as people living on the street and 25 referrals from 211.

Gina said the program will keep the grant open through September so any returned funds can be reallocated. The coalition also reported hiring a dedicated 211 navigator to prioritize Carbon County callers and to provide some in-person follow-up. Staff said 211 is contacting applicants who applied but did not receive funding, to close their cases and identify other supports.

Members suggested analyzing eviction filings to measure ERAP's impact. Rob and others proposed comparing eviction rates in the period before, during and after ERAP spending and reaching out to North Penn or public portals such as the Unified Judicial System (UJS) to obtain landlord-tenant action data.

Coalition staff said they will analyze ZIP-code trends and applicant profiles from ERAP to inform future applications and targeted outreach.

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“Family Promise is at full capacity right now. We have 29 total individuals, 11 adults, 18 children,” a Family Promise representative said during the meeting, adding the group is planning warming-shelter operations, drop-in case management and community meals at the Durie Family Community Resource Center.

Coalition members also reviewed preliminary results from the Eastern Continuum of Care’s point-in-time (PIT) report for 2025 covering 33 counties. Action-committee members said they compared local survey results with the regional figures and removed several duplicate counts tied to the cold-weather shelter. The coalition discussed a street-count total of roughly 11 households (13 people) in the PV area during this year’s street count compared with 19 households (21 people) in 2024; speakers said adding cold-weather shelter numbers made the overall totals “very similar” to last year.

Janet, an action committee member, said the committee is tracking local data and will circulate the Eastern CoC dashboard link to coalition members. She noted the committee removed three duplicate entries and is clarifying which transitional-house entries represent cold-weather shelter stays.

The coalition briefly discussed encampments and the effect of warm weather on people sleeping outdoors; a Carbon County commissioner’s office representative, Val, said county commissioners were at an economic summit and did not have a report for the meeting. Members credited the cold-weather shelter with reducing unsheltered counts in parts of the county.

Coalition members encouraged sharing PIT dashboard access so local service providers can reconcile local survey counts with the regional database and better track cold-weather shelter reporting.

The meeting closed its shelter-report segment with plans to circulate the PIT dashboard link and to continue coordination with county and borough partners on outreach and warming-shelter planning.

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Housing committee warns of voucher cuts and courts landlords'inspection programs as landlords, boroughs and HUD consultants engage

County partners say ERAP funds exhausted after distributing about $800,000 in rental aid

Family Promise reports full capacity as Carbon County shelter partners review point-in-time numbers