Several Alabama cities and counties are getting extra federal dollars to help people struggling with rent and utility payments.

Jefferson County, home to Birmingham, will receive $25 million from the funds originally given to the Alabama Department of Housing and Finance Authority to dole out to residents of the state. The City of Huntsville has received $4.58 million, also reallocated from the state, for Huntsville Housing Helps, a program administered by the Catholic Center of Concern.

William Barnes, president of the Birmingham Urban League, which is helping to distribute the aid in Jefferson County, said he anticipates being able to assist about 4,000 more households with rent and utilities with this pot of funding.

“These are much needed funds. We continue to see people who are still rebounding from the pandemic,” said Barnes.

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