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KERA News The Lodge at River Park is operated by Harbor Group Management and owned by Harbor Group International, a Virginia-based company.
A Fort Worth apartment complex owner violated the rules of the state’s rental assistance program by taking funds after evicting the tenant the money was meant to help, according to the department that runs the program.
The landlord said the company will return the funds.
That doesn’t help the tenant, Mona Ogas.
In early April, the Texas Rent Relief Program sent more than $6,000 in rental assistance funds to the company that operates The Lodge at River Park to cover three months of unpaid rent and three months of future rent for Ogas.
Originally published on May 7, 2021 11:25 am
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.
Then, the shutdown happened.
“As a week turned into another week and turned into another week, it just became really scary,” Ogas said.
Ogas has spent countless hours over the past year navigating the unemployment system, searching for jobs and networking.
She cut back on household expenses, stopped going out to eat, and hasn’t gotten a haircut or a manicure in a year. That’s tough for a woman trying to make a good impression at job interviews, she said.
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.