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California has a $5.2 billion pot of rent relief funds that could go a long way towards helping those who are financially struggling from the pandemic. The money can be used to make payments to landlords and avoid eviction.
One of the challenges now is getting the word out in a linguistically-diverse state where many people may not have heard about a recent development made possible by legislation: the income-eligible can get as much as 100% of back rent paid from April 2020 through this coming September.
Civil rights groups have faulted the state for not providing adequate language access to non-English speaking tenants and landlords, who can also seek funds. Up until late last month, much of the state