Resource Policy

The Government Is Helping People Pay Rent, But Something’s Gone Wrong

This report describes the rent relief challenges during the pandemic, as well as a few possible fixes to help the next round of aid distribution.

Organization: New America
Published Year: 2021

Rent relief distribution in 2020 was slow and inequitable, because local programs instituted strict eligibility criteria beyond what was required by the CARES Act. As a result of these hurdles, incomplete applications were a major barrier to distributing funds.