Crestline Village Council meets Dec. 20Crestline Village Councill will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 20 at Village Hall, 100 North Seltzer Street, Cres
Rental aid payments are approved, but big backlog persists July 26 2021
More than 22,000 seek $161 million as Oregon nears halfway point in 60-day grace period for evictions.
Community action agencies have made their first payments to landlords under the Oregon emergency rental assistance program.
But according to a dashboard maintained by the Oregon Department of Housing and Community Services, payments still lag far behind the number of completed applications by tenants and the amount of aid they have requested from the program.
As of Monday morning, July 26, community action agencies have approved payments for 1,260 of 22,083 completed applications, about 6%. The total of $7.75 million is barely 5% of the $160.9 million requested so far.
GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
A steep drop in COVID-19 infections statewide was reflected Tuesday with 16 Oregon counties improving their infection risk levels. Linn County moved down to moderate risk from high risk. Moving from high risk to moderate risk seemed unthinkable two weeks ago. It is great news for our community, said Roger Nyquist, chair of the Linn County Board of Commissioners. We continue to make progress with vaccines, (and) hopefully the supply lines will open up soon. I sense the citizens of Linn County are determined to get through this and back to life as we know it. The lower positive test numbers reflect that determination.