Minnesotans anxiously await rent help as a fraction of federal aid has gone out Minn. program seen as model but start date is behind national average. May 26, 2021 6:10pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It s been a stressful week and a half since Nicole LaFavor-Bostwick applied for state help covering $5,000 in rent and utilities payments she owes on her Hastings home.
Every day matters to LaFavor-Bostwick, who fears her landlord will kick her out in early June if she doesn t get the money despite a state ban on such evictions. I haven t heard anything back yet, said LaFavor-Bostwick, who has repeatedly checked the state website for updates only to find her application is still under review. It s kind of nerve-racking, because I have to be out in two weeks or less.