Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. DHA Completes Allocation of $4 Million in 2020 CARES Act Rent Assistance Supporting More Than 1,200 Families January 7, 2021 GMT DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas (DHA) has completed allocating CARES Act Rent Relief funds on behalf of the City of Dallas. Since August, DHA received 4,800 completed applications, reviewed the applications for eligibility, ran multiple lotteries, and issued $4 million in temporary rental assistance for 1,207 families. The approach designed by DHA enabled rental assistance to reach the most vulnerable residents while accounting for equitable geographical distribution. The City of Dallas COVID-19 Rent Relief program, funded by the CARES Act, is a federally funded initiative designed to help low income households that have been adversely impacted by COVID-19 through the loss of their employment income or who sustained a reduction in income and are delinquent in paying rent.