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July 8, 2021 •
Dana Sinegal, left, a relocation coordinator with Fort Worth Housing Solutions, helps Beatrice Olvera, center, and Patricia Alvarado apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance program at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in southeast Fort Worth. In Texas, 13 percent of renters were in arrears as of June 7, lower than the national average but nearly twice the pre-pandemic level.
The Pew Charitable Trusts Twanesha Harrison, 33, was barely making ends meet this year when a historic winter storm hit Texas in February and sent her over the edge.
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Jul 06, 2021 10:45 PM EDT
(Photo : Brittany Bendabout/ Unsplash) Fourth Stimulus Check Status: How to Get Money While Waiting for Congress to Pass New Legislation
Figures from June s jobs report show large numbers of Americans remain unemployed, which gives hopes for a fourth stimulus check. Since the beginning of the pandemic, households have received three rounds of stimulus payments; and President Joe Biden has yet to announce whether the fourth round of extra cash would appear in bank accounts.
According to AS, the number of Americans classified as long-term unemployed increased by 233,000 to four million in June, after falling by more than 430,000 in May. This category includes those who have been jobless for at least 27 weeks.