In a letter sent to local public housing authorities on March 6, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that a $5 billion pot of federal money set aside to prevent thousands ...

Federal Emergency Rental Assistance dollars from the COVID-era must be spent by the end of September. Columbus and county renters received over $200 million in assistance since 2021. Now, Columbus is ...

Federal rental assistance distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic did far more than help people stay in their homes. It also improved their mental health.

A $5 billion pot of federal money set aside to help people on the verge of homelessness pay the rent is running out of cash — and no one has a plan to keep the roughly 60,000 renters, more than 15,000 ...

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Renters in the United States are getting a double dose of bah and humbug as the holidays approach: a sharp rise in rental rates across the country just as many rental relief programs have expired.

A COVID-era federal rental assistance program in Columbus and Franklin County is ending on September 30. The program distributed over $218 million to residents during its operation. Several new and ...