Arizona DES launches Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide financial help, housing stability
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Arizona DES launches Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide financial help, housing stability
A federal assistance program through Arizona s Dept. of Economic Security launches Feb. 23 and it focuses on people living in rural areas. 12 counties are eligible.
PHOENIX - Arizona s larger cities and counties have received help for renters and landlords impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and now people in counties with smaller populations will get assistance.
The Federal Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 is authorizing the Department of Economic Security to help.
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On Jan. 17, the Arizona Department of Economic Security reported 17,993 unemployment insurance initial claims or first-time claims the next week, the state reported 48,361 initial claims. Two weeks later, the state reported 79,598 initial claims as businesses and employees across the Valley began to report unemployment fraud.
Businesses and employees in the East Valley were experiencing the same problem employers had received correspondence from the DES that their employees and in some cases, people that had never worked for the company had filed for unemployment insurance. In the case of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Terri Kimble said she not only got notice for her employees but for two other people who had never been employed with the chamber.
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