The Florida dcf announced an additional $740 million dollars into the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, but ABC Action News has been following the funding for months and finds that people are still getting evicted while waiting on money from the program’s previous funding.
ABC Action News has shared stories of residents facing evictions while waiting on emergency rental assistance from the Department of Children and Families (DCF) OUR Florida program.
Residential evictions continue to increase in Tampa Bay, but some of these evictions are happening while residents are waiting for emergency rental assistance from programs like OUR Florida.