Need rental assistance? Texas Rent Relief is taking applications until tomorrow night. | via keranews
A sign at a vaccination clinic in Arlington advertises a rental assistance program. A similar state-run rental assistance program was the subject of a report that found very few Texans have been able to get help more than a month after the program's launch.
Applicants facing eviction will be prioritized, the agency said, and those who have started filling out an application must finish uploading all required documents and submit the application before noon on Thursday. People who have never received rental assistance from the state program can apply. So can those who have previously gotten rent help, but only if they haven’t received the maximum 18 months-worth of funding.mortgage assistance programThe brief application window comes at a time when many Texas renters are struggling with major increases in rent and high inflation. Evictions have been on the rise, surpassing pre-pandemic levels in some areas.
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