Some states also shifted funding away from rental relief, fearing they'd miss a year-end mandate to spend the money — a deadline that got extended. States' rental relief programs “were a very mixed success. Last year, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Mississippi and Kansas were among the states that struggled to distribute rental assistance. Mississippi allocated $18 million for rental relief but committed less than $3 million by December. Facing the Republican-controlled Legislature's Nov. 30 deadline to spend the money, the state Housing Finance Authority returned the bulk of it.

Source: ABC News March 30, 2021 15:56 UTC