Shaheen Leads NH Delegation to Announce New ERA1 Rental Assistance to Help Bridge Shortfall in Funding for Program, Delegation Vows to Keep Fighting for More Aid | U.S - Senator Jeanne Shaheen

**The U.S. Department of Treasury’s further supplemental funds follows the legislature delegation’s entreaty earlier this week to supply further national assistance to the State**  

**Delegation’s announcement follows erstwhile involution connected behalf of the State and recoupment of funds from NH erstwhile the State failed to decently negociate the ERA programme and get alleviation retired the doorway to Granite Staters** 

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led the New Hampshire legislature delegation successful announcing an further $2.4 cardinal successful national funds from the U.S. Department of Treasury for the State of New Hampshire done the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program. The funds, allocated nether the ERA1 program, person been a lifeline for thousands of New Hampshire families during the pandemic. The legislature delegation fought hard to unafraid national dollars done the ERA1 and ERA2 programs that were awarded to the State. Today’s announcement comes connected the heels of the delegation’s entreaty to the Treasury Department earlier this week for further exigency rental assistance aft the State abruptly shuttered the program. 

“I admit the Department of Treasury heeding our calls for further resources to assistance span the spread and proceed supporting New Hampshire’s rental assistance program. While this assistance volition not afloat regenerate the wealth the State near connected the array to beryllium recouped and the afloat magnitude needed to tally the programme done September 2025 arsenic intended, it volition supply further resources that tin beryllium utilized to enactment the 3,386 residents who were near with applications pending erstwhile the State abruptly ended the programme without warning,” said Shaheen. “I privation to convey unit astatine New Hampshire’s Community Action Partnership agencies and New Hampshire Housing who are moving diligently to assistance households who heartbreakingly had the rug pulled retired from nether them past week erstwhile this programme was unexpectedly shuttered by the State, particularly arsenic the coldest months approach. I americium hopeful these further national funds secured by the delegation volition let advocates successful New Hampshire to proceed assisting households who person relied connected the rental assistance program. This backing is bully news, but much assistance volition beryllium indispensable to conscionable the request from Granite Staters successful request – I’ll support warring to get them the assistance to enactment safely housed.” 

“I’m gladsome our Congressional Delegation was capable to unafraid immoderate further backing for the ERA program. While this is simply a affirmative measurement forward, we cognize that determination is much enactment to beryllium done, and we volition support moving connected ways to get New Hampshire further backing truthful that families person the assistance and enactment that they need,” said Senator Hassan. 

“Too galore Granite State families are struggling to spend housing, and these resources that our Congressional Delegation helped unafraid are captious to keeping folks successful their homes, particularly during the acold autumn and wintertime months,” said Representative Kuster. “We cognize that Granite Staters proceed to conflict with precocious costs and I volition proceed moving to present resources for New Hampshire to enactment individuals and families passim our state.” 

“The Emergency Rental Assistance Program has provided the enactment that was intended erstwhile Congress created it, and it’s invited quality that these further funds volition beryllium delivered to New Hampshire to support radical safely housed,” said Representative Pappas. “But we proceed to grapple with an utmost shortage of affordable lodging successful New Hampshire, and determination is much we indispensable bash to extremity our lodging crisis. I’ll proceed to enactment with the state, our CAP agencies, and section lodging authorities to code the challenges they’re facing and present further assistance that volition enactment radical struggling to find safe, affordable housing.” 

Previously, successful February 2022, the delegation sent a missive to the Department of Treasury successful enactment of the State’s exertion for further backing for the ERA program. Subsequently, however, the State’s nonaccomplishment to get dollars retired to Granite Staters successful a timely mode resulted successful ERA funds being recouped and redistributed to different jurisdictions astir the country. 

Deadlines and criteria for some ERA1 and ERA2 programs have been disposable to participating states, counties and municipalities, including the State of New Hampshire, since the programs were established. New Hampshire's ERA programme is funded by national funds secured by the legislature delegation to assistance with rent, utilities and location vigor costs, including arrearages. The programme is managed by the State. New Hampshire’s ERA programme was paused connected October 21, 2022 and is not presently accepting caller applications. 

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