Follow a “Day in the life” of Director of Public Policy Joanna Diamond, during the 2025 Maryland General Assembly.
Eviction Prevention Resources
08.30.21
25,000 families in Baltimore City are now at risk of eviction, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down the CDC's eviction moratorium. Statewide, it's 129,000 families.
Below are resources and information we've compiled—from a new rental assistance dashboard to state rent relief programs—and steps to advocate for eviction prevention in the midst of the pandemic.
Emergency Rental Assistance in Maryland
- Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development launched a dashboard which shows statewide progress to distribute Emergency Rental Assistance Program funding. The dashboard includes assistance overall, tenant demographics, and program outreach. The department is administering $258 million in rental assistance. The eight largest jurisdictions have an additional $143 million to get out to Marylanders. Read more here.
- Here is a link to Maryland Courts information for renters and landlords which was updated August 4 by Chief Judge Morrissey.
- A list of Maryland Rent Relief programs can be found here.
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced this new tool: www.consumerfinance.gov/renthelp
More COVID Resources
Johns Hopkins has prepared a set of COVID-19 community ‘tool-box’ resources with information covering a range of issues or needs related to the pandemic, in both English and Spanish.
- You can access them at https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/equity/tool-kit/index
Contact your elected officials
There are four main ways you can advocate for eviction prevention and protection:
- Call for Congress to extend the CDC Order.
- Urge Governor Hogan to extend state protections. The Governor can issue an order pausing evictions when a rental assistance application has been filed.
- Ask the Maryland General Assembly to call a special session to address eviction prevention and rent relief.
- Fund the Access to Counsel initiative passed by the General Assembly earlier this year.
More Recent News
04.22.25
After a year and a half providing care in our adult medical clinic at Fallsway, Jimmy Miller is moving into a newly created Director of Outreach Services role. In this brand-new role, he’ll oversee outreach, mobile clinic and street medicine. Jimmy brings both a keen passion for outreach-based care and years of direct experience building and leading street medicine teams.
2752
04.14.25
Meet our new Director of Practice Operations Kiana Johnson! Kiana may be a familiar face – she held the roles of Client Service Manager and Practice Manager at Health Care for the Homeless from August 2020 to October 2022. A Baltimore native with more than eight years of experience in health care operations, Kiana will oversee registration, benefits enrollment and dental coordination in her new role. Learn more about her priorities and passions below.
2749
03.31.25
We couldn’t be happier to welcome back Erick Torres, RN to the agency as our new Director of Nursing. Erick earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing at Miami Dade College and brings six years of nursing and nurse management experience. A true team player, Erick’s years in our Pediatric & Family Clinic demonstrated his enthusiasm for the work, easy rapport building with clients and passion for collaboration. Get to know him in this Q&A.
2747