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Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured Thursday, July 7, 2016. For those struggling to afford housing or already experiencing homelessness, being approved for housing assistance can seem like a solution is finally at hand. The reality is that even with that money guaranteed, it can be months before recipients of housing assistance are able to find a landlord or property management company willing to rent to them. Dana Ortiz, executive director of the housing support program Lawrence ...

photo by: Shutterstock photo Thanks to federal aid, more than 1,000 Douglas County residents received housing support this year as the coronavirus pandemic caused many to lose income. But with a new year coming and little new funding currently available, those residents may soon see that support disappear. Leaders of organizations that oversee the Housing Stabilization Collaborative, a local housing and rent support program, said they were proud of how well the program used its more than $1 mil...