States, counties and cities with populations of at least 200,000 were eligible for the money, which offers up to 15 months of rental assistance to low-income individuals (12 months of past-due payments and three months for the future). Through June, only 15 states and the District of Columbia had spent 10% or more of their Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds, which were initially approved by Congress in December. “That explains some of the lag.”HuffPost reached out to every area that hadn’t handed out any ERAP money through June. Andrew Cuomo, New York has been very slow in giving out federal rental assistance. A May poll from the Urban Institute found that more than half of renters and 40% of landlords were unaware of the federal rental aid.

Source: Huffington Post August 11, 2021 09:45 UTC