Austin-area cities and counties have spent millions in federal rental assistance dollars during the coronavirus pandemic. But with that money largely gone, uncertainty about whether more funding is on the horizon and many area residents still struggling to pay their rent, local housing advocates say they are concerned about a potential rise in evictions in coming months.
“Unfortunately, I think we’re seeing this huge cliff,” said Juliet Hayes, a paralegal who works with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid’s Texas Tenant Eviction Relief Project. “December, even in non-COVID years, is when requests for rental assistance tend to really spike. I think that there needs to be something implemented long term.”
It’s difficult to pinpoint the total amount of federal rental assistance money that came to Central Texas, but the state of Texas, as well as a number of Austin-area municipalities, received funds from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
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