September saw another monthly boost in the amount of emergency rental aid paid out to tenants under the federal rental assistance scheme, which despite efforts to pick up the pace of disbursement has so far managed to spend around a quarter of available funds to stave off evictions, according to the Treasury Department.
Sonoma County is speeding up rental distribution aid. The Press Democrat reports that the county has allocated $14.5-million , almost half of the $32-million
the united states receive federal rent relief last month. as you can see, emergency rental assistance which is funded by two specific pandemic relief bills passed over the last year seems to be getting out the door faster than it was earlier this year, but according to the treasury department as of august 31st only about 17% of the 46.5 billion that the government earmarked for covid-19 rental aid has been distributed. there s an even bigger problem when you consider that the millions of americans who are at risk of losing their homes since the federal eviction moratorium expired this summer. we talk a lot on this show about poverty. my next guest understands the realities of living without a home, the realities of just existing in america under back breaking poverty. in her best-selling memoir maid, stephanie land tells the story of becoming pregnant at a