About $38.5M in financial assistance available to struggling renters in Kent County Updated Mar 16, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 The golden hour falls on the Grand Rapids skyline, as seen from the city's West Side. (Allison Farrand|MLive.com) Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- An estimated $38.5 million in rent and utility payment assistance is flooding into Kent County. The federal COVID-19 relief dollars, allocated this week and administered by the state, greatly exceed the previous amount of $2.8 million in rental assistance received by Kent County partners last summer. The new dollars also have looser federal restrictions, providing far greater flexibility to help more households.