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The program is designed to help with up to 12 months of past-due rent from mid-March of last year. In some cases, the program is also able to cover some advance rent.
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More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for help to pay their rent through a federally-funded rent aid program that launched two months ago, reflecting an ongoing need for housing assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rent remains one of the top pandemic-related reasons people call the United Way s 211 service, right above vaccine information, according to a statewide dashboard. A federal moratorium on some evictions is slated to end June 30 unless the federal government extends it. In recent weeks, the moratorium has faced legal challenges but still remains in effect.
About 23,000 people have applied for assistance in Michigan since the program started in mid-March, said Kelly Rose, chief housing solutions officer for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, the agency responsible for administering the money through housing nonprofits.
Help has begun for people in Calhoun County who owe back rent and for landlords who haven t collected.
The Covid Emergency Rental Assistance program has $8 million for Calhoun County to help people pay rent they missed because of COVID-19. A majority of Calhoun County needs it, said Lisa Gallo, case manager at Summit Point Housing. COVID has really devastated everything.
She said the program can pay up to 12 months of past due rent from March 13, 2020 and in some cases three months advance rent. We are just getting started, she said. It was allocated in mid- to late March and it has been skyrocketing since.
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