Florida renters, landlords: What we know so far about federal rent assistance money
The federal government passed $25 billion in rental assistance. How will it get to Floridians?
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An eviction notice is taped to a door at Tampa Park Apartments on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Tampa. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ]
Published Jan. 12
Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, both tenant and landlord groups have been calling for Congress to pass rental assistance funding, saying that moratoriums simply pushed mass evictions down the road without providing a long-term solution.
In the final days of 2020, the federal government finally did so, including $25 billion in emergency rental assistance as part of the stimulus package. That number was much smaller than the $100 billion previously championed by House Democrats.