Texans struggling to pay their rent may soon have some relief due to a new statewide rent relief program—the first of its kind in Texas, according to a news release from Gov. Greg Abbott's office.
Abbott announced Feb. 9 that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has launched the Texas Rent Relief Program, created to administer more than $1 billion allocated to Texas through the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus bill.
TDHCA will begin accepting applications for the program Feb. 15. To qualify, households must be at or below 80% of the area median income and prove their inability to pay rent is directly related to the pandemic, per federal guidelines.