The Committee on House Financial Services passed H.R. 5196, the "Expediting Assistance to Renters and Landlords Act of 2021," which aims to address a number of Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) inefficiencies. 

National Multifamily Housing Council, however, continues to oppose the bill's inclusion of a four-month eviction moratorium contingency. NMHC has led a coalition of housing organizations opposing the eviction moratorium provision in the proposed ERAP legislation.

As this legislation moves on to the House for consideration, its passage remains uncertain.

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