KUT
Protesters, including members of the organization Rent Strike ATX, drive down Interstate 35 and frontage roads near downtown Austin slowing traffic as part of a protest on May 1, 2020.
At least 4,000 people who say they ve been economically affected by the pandemic have applied since January for Travis County s rent relief program, which currently has $10.7 million in federal funds.
However, none of them have received aid yet.
And while the county says it hopes to begin disbursing rent funds by early June, the end of some local eviction protections is fast approaching.
“We do believe that we will certainly be able to get payments out in a manner that will help folks address any concerns that they re headed towards eviction,” Sherri Fleming, the head of Travis County Health and Human Services told KUT.