Emergency rental aid has helped keep millions of people in their homes during the pandemic, but that federal program will start winding down this summer.
Smaller landlords say they have suffered financially due to various state, local and federal moratoriums in place since last year.
As many as 400,000 Pennsylvanians are at risk of losing their homes, according to the state Department of Human Services. The Commonwealth is working to distribute over $800 million in federal aid to both tenants and landlords.
The Virginia event in late July is part of a growing national movement — bolstered by tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance — to find ways to keep millions of at-risk tenants hurt by the coronavirus pandemic in their homes.
Millions of Americans face being forced from their homes with the midnight Saturday expiration of a moratorium on evictions during the pandemic.
Though the program has hit roadblocks since it was created in March, county and state housing agencies are hoping money earmarked for the Emergency Rental Assistance program will stave off a surge of eviction notices.
By Merideth Bucher/WITF With the federal eviction moratorium extended through July, the focus has turned to getting rental assistance out to millions of tenants.
The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won’t receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes.
