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The rental crisis across the nation is a growing issue. Residents and tenants are clashing over the astronomical spikes in rental fees that don’t show any sign of decreasing.
Some states are protesting to bring awareness to the need for rental caps, while some see individuals and families facing homelessness due to a lack of financial resources.
Like other forms of historic socioeconomic bias, the trend of housing insecurity is disproportionately experienced by Black women and families.
A new campaign from Washington, DC’s National Foundation for Credit Counselling (NFCC), supported by the Wells Fargo Foundation, aims to reverse this trend.
“Make it R.E.A.L.” (Renter Equity At Last) raises awareness about housing instability and renters’ unique challenges.
Through financial education, testimonials, and inroads to debt management counseling from authorized NFCC advisors – both in-market and via tele-sessions – the campaign aims to mitigate involuntary moves such as notices, evictions, and liens and make housing stability real for all.
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) is the oldest nonprofit dedicated to improving people’s financial well-being.
“Post COVID-19 rent moratoriums have uncovered a pressing need to assist individuals and families facing housing instability,” said Barry Coleman, Vice President of Program Management and Education at NFCC. “With our partners at the Wells Fargo Foundation, the NFCC launched a summer campaign to educate the public about the instabilities renters face and drive awareness of the resources available to them through the NFCC.”
The Census Bureau reliably estimates 36% of the nation’s households rent. The NFCC recently surveyed over 2000 U.S. renters about…
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