Texas Rent Relief is closing its portal at noon today, over week before it originally planned
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, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, announced Wednesday that the program will be closing its application portal at 11:59 a.m. March 16.The portal was originally supposed to close on March 28, at 11:59 p.m., but according to the update posted on the TRR website, application requests far exceeded available funding within the first 24 hours of re-opening..
"We understand some people were unable to access or start a new application while the program experienced a significantly high volume of applications on March 14, 2023. Our team has now resolved these issues," the website's update reads.
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