Six Months Into Pandemic, Just Two Families Have Received Aid From State’s Rental Assistance Program
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Only two families have received aid in the five months since state officials established a program to help those struggling to pay rent during the pandemic
Only two families have received aid in the five months since state officials established a program to help those struggling to pay rent during the pandemic, leaving a backlog of nearly 7,400 applications and growing frustration about the slow pace of the approval process.
Nearly 30,000 people have applied for the program, a number that has been whittled down to 7,375 through the pre-approval process. But with too-few housing counselors to handle the thousands of applications and a burdensome list of documents required for each case, little e progress has been made getting people their money.
