D.C. to close rent relief applications Oct. 27 as funds are exhausted and mayor asks Treasury for more
“The hundreds of millions of dollars intended to help struggling renters in the District pay overdue bills and avert eviction amid the pandemic is running out so quickly that the city will stop accepting applications for aid on Oct. 27.
D.C. officials announced the new deadline Thursday. The move comes as some states have struggled to distribute billions in rent relief funds given to them by the Treasury Department over the past year. The District is running up against a different problem, according to the mayor’s office. D.C. leads the country in per capita spending of Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds, federal data show. The money is getting out, but the demonstrated need among the city’s residents continues to rise.”