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Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured Thursday, July 7, 2016. For those struggling to afford housing or already experiencing homelessness, being approved for housing assistance can seem like a solution is finally at hand. The reality is that even with that money guaranteed, it can be months before recipients of housing assistance are able to find a landlord or property management company willing to rent to them. Dana Ortiz, executive director of the housing support program Lawrence Family Promise and member of the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board, said that a family who ...

photo by: Shutterstock photo Thanks to federal aid, more than 1,000 Douglas County residents received housing support this year as the coronavirus pandemic caused many to lose income. But with a new year coming and little new funding currently available, those residents may soon see that support disappear. Leaders of organizations that oversee the Housing Stabilization Collaborative, a local housing and rent support program, said they were proud of how well the program used its more than $1 million allotment from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, also known as CARES. Howe...