December 16, 2020 Housing Initiatives of Princeton, a local nonprofit that helps low-income working families and individuals in and around Princeton avoid homelessness by providing them with transitional housing and temporary rental assistance, will manage a new round of rental assistance for people who need financial support to pay rent as the pandemic continues. The new funding totalling $319,537 comes from a federal community development block grant, municipal officials said. Carol Golden, the head of the Housing Initiatives board, said the organization provided a fair amount of rental assistance to residents of Princeton and surrounding communities in the fall. With the new round of funding, the organization will be able to help people pay up to three months of rent. The money can be used for rent going forward or to help tenants who are in arrears catch up and pay back rent.