A state-run program designed to provide emergency rental assistance to residents negatively impacted by economic fallout from COVID-19 was so inundated with applicants it had to shut down after just two days, suggesting the massive crisis that housing advocates have been predicting could be coming soon—and with good reason. A statewide ban on evictions expired
Shutdown of rental assistance program hints at deepening housing crisisÂ
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