Good morning, everyone. Brooke Hisle with The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund and the Fund for Change.

Sarah Coffey Frush from Civil Justice!

Hi everyone. My name is Brian Gordon, Brown Advisory.

Morning! Jacqueline Bowie, National Aquarium

Brandi Nieland, Office of People's Counsel

Good morning! Barbara DiPietro with Health Care for the Homeless—and proud PJC Board member.

Good morning! Nina Beth Cardin, Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human Rights

Good morning, Nicole Wilcox, paralegal student, and staff with Youth With A Mission Baltimore.

Good morning! Khiran Sidhu, attorney in DC and member of the Lawyers' Alliance

Good morning. Andy Miller, UMBC, Jews United for Justice, Chizuk Amuno Congregation and fan of PJC

Good morning, Tim Chance, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

Good morning! Lauren Lake, Litigation Associate at Gordon Feinblatt and member of the Lawyers' Alliance :)

Good Morning! Jody Harburger, Jews United for Justice and chuzuk Amuno Congregation

Good morning! Robin Jacobs, Maryland Legal Aid

Good morning! Judith Park, MSW/MPH graduate student at UMB

Pamela Young, Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle Housing Study Group

Hi all, Meaghan McDermott, Maryland Legal Aid.

Morning. Jade McDuffie McClary, Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland.

Good morning! Monica Basche, Associate at Brown, Goldstein & Levy and member of the Lawyers' Alliance.

Good morning. Mara Braverman, Baltimore Women's Giving Circle

Leigh Erdman, minister serving housing insecure and unhoused community on North Avenue

Is it possible to be sent this presentation? I'd love to share this information with my colleagues.

Yes, we are recording and will send the link.

Thank you!

Karen Wabeke, Attorney with the Homeless Persons Representation Project (HPRP)

Good morning. Melissa Rothstein from the Office of the Public Defender.

Is this number just Baltimore City?

I also had many clients turned down because their landlords didn't have the rental license, which my clients didn't know before being turned down for assistance.

Amen!

Thanks Matt! Great presentation. We are right to be outraged about this.

Why is the state not allocating the full $1.3 billion available?

What might be the reasons why the Governor or the General Assembly won't issue a stay on evictions during the pandemic/

I know we are still in the middle of this crisis, but are there places in the country where you see rental and eviction protections working well and with equity?

I helped a lot of clients with the DHCD program and it was very challenging, to apply especially for immigrant families.

How are you working with the Maryland Access to Justice Commission Task Force on COVID? Have they been helpful to the effort to reinstate the eviction moratorium/advocate for more civil legal resources?

Yes court is reopening but at a cost to those who are already more vulnerable

Not a question but an example of how this looks on the ground. An elderly many evicted recently in the Highlandtown area.

Do you know if the CAP eviction prevention funds will be available to undocumented immigrants?

I'm having trouble understanding why Maryland politicians are not extending the moratorium. What is the political advantage of allowing this wave of evictions to happen? Not sure if this is a question that PJC can answer, but I'm just having trouble wrapping my mind around this.

What are the chances that the rent court agents will know whether or not the landlord is getting a forbearance? Do you think it will be possible to convince the judges that landlords need to bring documentation they are not receiving a forbearance?

What's the chance the Chief Judge will intervene, esp after we see hundreds or thousands of evictions?

I heard from my state senator that the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate could not agree on having a special session of the legislature and therefore it was very unlikely to happen. Seems insane to me.

what is the state doing with the Fed. Covid fubds over and above the $30 Million for eviction prevention

Another question about the CAP eviction funds (or any other eviction funds you know about) - many of my clients who applied for the DHCD program were turned down due to their landlord not having a rental license. Will other programs have the same requirement?

I had a client who went to court last week for an eviction hearing (from a pre-COVID case) and she reported that the judge really shamed the landlord for bringing an eviction case forward during the crisis. Hopefully this is representative of other judge's attitudes as well.

Question by email from Sue Talbott: What happens if someone is evicted and can no longer get their mail-in ballot at that address? How will they do their mail-in voting during an eviction?

My partner, Matt Vocci, was in the rent court courtroom in the Balt City district court last week and it was impossible to distance from his tenant client. The sheriffs told them to come forward together to have their temperatures taken, and it did not appear the thermometers were working correctly (he received a reading of 95.5 degrees)

I think it may mean more people have to vote in person too

Which is counter-productive.

provisional ballots are still available

People can use standard MD voter registration form to change address.

I can't remember the source but I had heard a figure of $100 million in state CARES money is left to be allocated.

You seem optimistic about the potential of the Community Action Partnership to improve things. Tell us more about why. Thanks.

Is there a way to marshal a larger fraction of the public to flood politicians with messages insisting they act on this? The failure of the federal government to act is obviously part of the problem but these are people in our state. We have been sending letters to the governor and to our representatives but it seems this will require a huge public response. Is it possible to have religious communities share this with their members?

I have the same question as Sheilah about Community Action Partnership.

Having this information shareable on social media with a call to action would make it easy to share on personal and public pages. I know as a graduate student, student groups are often looking for ways to get involved but often don’t have easy access to this information

My church is part of the Interfaith Covid Task Force, a group of religious communities who are looking at ways to engage and advocate for this. having shareable media would really help

You can find more here:

Maryland Renters United: https://www.facebook.com/rentersuniteMD

Baltimore Renters United: https://twitter.com/b_renters, https://www.facebook.com/BmoreRentersUnited

Public Justice Center: https://www.facebook.com/publicjusticecenter, https://twitter.com/PublJusticeCntr

For unemployment issues, email Cornelia Bright Gordon: cbgordon@mdlab.org

(410) 951-7750

Calling the intake hotline (410-951-7750) that Robin Jacobs posted is the most expedient way to contact MDLAB.

We can help with that also. Contact Maryland Legal Aid for both issues - lawyer@mdlab.org or (443) 451-2805

Or the other intake phone number, but phone numbers should work!

how do you go get HABC to enforce their policies when you're currently living in unhealthy conditions and have contacted everyone at city hall habc etc

both**

Please I'd appreciate it

Thank you

MVLS stimulus help: Tax Hotline at 443-451-4091

For stimulus check issues, contact the Maryland Volunteer LawyersService Tax HotlineMonday-Friday: 10am-4pm

443-451-4091

Greetings... I'm from the lower Eastern Shore... noticing that most of this information is for the Baltimore region...are the contacts the same?

Thank you Matt!

HPRP - 410-685-6589

Thank you!!

Great presentation!

Thanks, Matt!!

Yes, we are statewide - stimulus check help

Thankful people have PJC advocating for them during these difficult times.

Thanks Matt and John - great presentation and Q&A!

Thank you!

Thank you very much Matt and everyone on the call