Pass HB111 to Modernize the Housing Code & Strengthen Housing Stability throughout New Mexico!

All New Mexicans need access to housing. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic hardship - as many as 42% of New Mexicans are now under threat of eviction. Even before the pandemic, NM had the highest increase of homelessness in the country between 2018 and 2019 - an increase of 27%. NM also had the highest increase of chronic homelessness during the same period - an increase of 57.6%. Before the onset of the pandemic, approximately 16 New Mexico families were evicted from their home on any given day.

Unless we take action now, there will be a tidal wave of evictions as soon as the public health emergency ends, threatening our health and economic recovery as a state.

Tenants who are behind on rent have almost no time to catch up before an eviction is filed, prepare to defend themselves in court, or find new housing if they are evicted. NM has some of the shortest time frames in the US. Timeframes are often too tight to access rental assistance funds available due to COVID-19, resulting in tenants being evicted and landlords losing income even when rental relief is available.