KERA News
Mona Ogas was evicted from The Lodge at River Park while she waited on rental assistance from the Texas Rent Relief program.
When it launched in February, the Texas Rent Relief program struggled to help tenants who'd fallen behind on rent due to the pandemic. In the first six weeks, just 250 Texans got help, out of the 72,000 people who applied.
Mona Ogas fell through the cracks.
Ogas was laid off right as the pandemic hit. She'd spent a career working on the business side of health care, and had a good professional network. She’d been laid off before, and always found another job.