In August, local officials announced the end of a massive, COVID-19 housing relief program as if it were inevitable.
The federally funded Emergency Rental Assistance program, which covered back rent and overdue utility bills for low-income renters, would no longer accept applications because the local portion of funds was running out, said Ashley Cash, director for the Division of Housing and Community Development for the City of Memphis.
What Cash didn’t say was that there were millions more available to protect Shelby County residents from eviction, but her team had quietly decided not to apply for the additional funds released this fall.
The city-county decision came as tenants face rental rates 30% higher than pre-pandemic and inflation sends the cost of food and other living expenses soaring.
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