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Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 8, 2020

The Nashville Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC) has been awarded a grant for $484,800 from the Metro Nashville CARES Fund to provide rent assistance through the NCRC’s Civil Mediation Program. NCRC provides free mediation between landlords and tenants in the Davidson County General Sessions Court, and mediators will use the available CARES funds to offer substantial assistance when rent has not been paid at least in part due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. NCRC Executive Director Sara Figal says a “tidal wave of evictions” are on the horizon and calls the funding “absolutely vital for our community.” Figal also says NCRC’s work is beneficial for the tenant and also the landlord. “When NCRC mediators intervene, we help stabilize precarious situations for both landlords and tenants, which has positive ripple effects throughout our communities.”