Columbus and Franklin County got over $120M in reallocated rental assistance funds that combined is more than California or New York, official says.
Federal rental-assistance windfall of more than $120 million for Columbus and Franklin County more than what California or New York got.Central Ohio is suddenly swimming in a pool of emergency rental assistance cash due to the Biden administration's reallocation of unused federal COVID-19 relief funds to fight evictions.
Other Ohio cities and counties also scored big — Toledo got $34 million; Hamilton County $36.6 million; Cuyahoga County $25 million; Butler County $2 million; and Clermont County $1.4 million — after winning competitive performance-based grants, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Federal officials are impressed with central Ohio's decentralized system of distributing rental and utility assistance, which involves dozens of community social services agencies, Boos said. Anyone wanting to find out more about the programs, which are available for both tenants and landlords, can do so atDuring a May 1 City Council hearing, Mayor Andrew J.
On top of the rental assistance windfall, the city is also sitting on $70.5 million in unspent American Rescue Plan Act COVID relief money that it also must determine how to use and $16.4 million in federal Housing and Urban Development money distributed for COVID assistance programs such as affordable housing.
Stevens also said, there is the"possibility of using a portion of funds for the development of affordable rental housing."
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