Arizona PBS
July 30, 2021
A federal moratorium on evictions – imposed last year as a health measure to stop the spread of COVID-19 – is set to end Saturday, even though thousands of Arizona families are behind on their rent and little of the federal aid that was supposed to help renters has actually been disbursed. (File photo by Carolina Lopez/Cronkite News)
WASHINGTON – The federal government’s COVID-19 moratorium on renter evictions ends Saturday, leaving thousands of Arizona renters vulnerable while state and local officials have distributed just a fraction of the funding aimed at keeping people in their homes.
Government agencies in Arizona received almost $495 million for emergency rental assistance from the federal government this year but had distributed just $86.2 million, or 17% of the total, as of this week, according to data from the Arizona Multihousing Association.
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