Homeless relief is on the way, but the crisis could get worse as evictions loom
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States and cities are racing to use the billions in federal relief aid approved by Congress to fight the growing crisis of homelessness -- but the approaching end of some pandemic benefits threatens to make the problem worse.
The federal government has made a historic $70 billion investment across successive Covid relief packages in helping people find and keep their housing, but the need is about to explode. The federal moratorium on evictions is set to end on June 30 and FEMA will stop subsidizing cities for moving homeless people into hotels in September. The new relief funding could provide housing for as many as 130,000 people. Yet that's only about a quarter of those who were homeless before the pandemic, which pushed hundreds of thousands more people from their homes.More Related News
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