By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
February 10, 2021
| 7:29 p.m.
In partnership with Santa Barbara County, United Way of Santa Barbara County will be distributing $13.3 million in emergency rental assistance to eligible residents who have experienced financial loss because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“These are unforeseen circumstances where for the sake of public health, government restrictions have changed residents’ lives,” Board of Supervisors chair Bob Nelson said. “Some of those changes have resulted in lost jobs and, therefore, the inability to afford rent, food, medicine or other necessary expenses. With this program, many of these individuals can now meet these basic needs.”