Janell Wise has lived in the same apartment since she moved to south Cobb County from Tennessee in 2014. Wise, 40, lives with her 13-year-old son in Mableton and works as a team leader at an Amazon facility near Fairburn.

Last August, she came down with COVID-19. After her son tested positive in September, she missed nearly two months of work.

“Once COVID hit, we just weren’t really prepared for it as much as I thought I was,” Wise said. “It really put a financial strain on us.”

The rent for Wise’s two-bedroom apartment increased to $1,025 from $967 in February after her first-ever late notice in December. Wise is looking for both a second job and rental assistance, but she’s had trouble applying to the Georgia Rental Assistance program in the past.

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