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The Polk County Commission has approved using $17 million of the more than $21.8 million in federal COVID funds received for Emergency Rent Assistance.

Rental assistance available for Shelby County residents Rental assistance available for Shelby County residents By Olivia Gunn | April 30, 2021 at 7:25 PM CDT - Updated April 30 at 10:54 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Help is available for Shelby County renters who are having trouble paying their bills. The Emergency Rental & Utility Assistance Program can pay up to 12 months of owed rent and utilities to those affected by COVID-19. The third round of applications for assistance will be receive...

The city said this second round of rent and utility relief will be available for the first 4,000 applicants.

New program that will provide financial relief for struggling renters due to COVID-19 The U.S. Department of Treasury has granted a total of $28.2 million to the City of Memphis and Shelby County to administer the Emergency Rental Assistance program. Author: Shelby County Division of Community Services Published: 8:37 AM CDT April 30, 2021 Updated: 8:37 AM CDT April 30, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Emergency Rental & Utility Assistance Program, a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston County is opening a Mortgage/Utility Assistance Program for homeowners. County officials say The Mortgage/Utility Assistance Program will soon help residents struggling to make mortgage and homeowner utility payments in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is managed by Charleston County’s Community Development Department through HUD CDBG-CV CARES Act funding and officials say there is approximately $175,000 available. Applications for the prog...

Charleston Co. opens mortgage and utility assistance program VIDEO: Charleston Co. opens mortgage and utility assistance program By Riley Bean | April 19, 2021 at 6:08 AM EDT - Updated April 19 at 7:51 AM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston County is opening a Mortgage/Utility Assistance Program for homeowners. County officials say The Mortgage/Utility Assistance Program will soon help residents struggling to make mortgage and homeowner utility payments in the midst of the COVID-19 pandem...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As discussed previously (December 2020, February and March 2021), per Section 501 of Congress’s Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2021, $25 billion in rental assistance funds are being distributed to states and larger cities and counties as part of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Iowa’s application process for tenants for its ERAP funds went live on Monday, March 29, and now, landlor...

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Finance Authority opened applications this week for the Iowa Rent and Utility Assistance Program, which will give $195 milli

Federal judge strikes down CDC eviction moratorium in West Tennessee Evictions set to resume in Memphis By Brandon Richard | March 16, 2021 at 7:36 PM CDT - Updated March 16 at 7:38 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Evictions can resume in Memphis, Shelby County and West Tennessee after a federal judge ruled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) went beyond its authority in issuing an eviction moratorium. Some call it a victory for the rights of property owners and managers. Others...

(Des Moines) — The Iowa Utilities Board met with Iowa’s rate-regulated utilities Friday to discuss possible actions that can be taken to reduce the impact of increased natural gas and electric costs on customers as a result of February’s severe weather. The utilities presented information on recovery costs, a proposed time period for recovery, and whether they will seek waivers of any IUB rules. Although the IUB does not regulate the rates of Iowa’s rural electric cooperatives or munici...