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Staff at RAMP CharMeck have been flooded with an "extraordinary" number of applications for rent and utility assistance less than 48 hours after reopening it's application portal for the first time in months.
DreamKey Partners told WCNC Charlotte the RAMP program has another round of funding to help people impacted by the pandemic pay rent and utilities.
The program offering rent and utility assistance in Mecklenburg County will start accepting new applications in March.
Citing dwindling funds, RAMP CLT has indefinitely stopped taking new applications for rent assistance in Mecklenburg County. Staff say they're nearly out of money, and can't reopen the application portal unless the county or the city provide more funds.
Rep. Alma Adams partnered with the Rental and Mortgage Assistance Program, also known as RAMP CLT to host a pop-up clinic helping Mecklenburg County residents with their emergency rental assistance applications.