The Georgia Rental Assistance Program and Georgia Power have partnered to help eligible households with their past-due utility bills. The state and the power company are using federal American Rescue Plan dollars that were originally allocated to Georgia last year for emergency rental assistance. Tonya Cureton Curry, deputy commissioner for housing at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, said some of the money was used to keep more than 51,000 renters safely housed, by satisfying past-due rent bills for more than 8,000 landlords. .
Internet service in Los Angeles County is often offered at higher prices in low-income neighborhoods, while better deals are offered in wealthier areas, according to a report from the California Community Foundation and Digital Equity LA. Researchers picked random addresses in every city in the county and shopped for internet service on AT&T, Frontier, and Charter Spectrum, which has a monopoly in parts of the county. Shayna Englin, director of the digital equity initiative at the California Community Foundation, said the disparities in Spectrum s promotional offers were glaring, for example, between low-income Watts and wealthier Mar Vista. .