Gov. Doug Ducey recently directed an additional $7 million to assisting Arizona’s most economically vulnerable with staying in their homes. | Facebook
Gov. Doug Ducey recently directed an additional $7 million to assisting Arizona’s most economically vulnerable with staying in their homes. | Facebook
Gov. Doug Ducey is looking after the most economically vulnerable of Arizona’s citizens with a $7 million expansion of rental assistance.
The state’s Crisis Contingency and Safety Net Fund was created in March with an initial funding of $50 million, according to a news release from Ducey’s office.
“Ensuring Arizonans have safe, reliable housing during this pandemic is critical,” Ducey said in the release. “With today’s funding, we are expanding efforts to keep all Arizonans in their homes and helping ensure rents continue to get paid. We will continue to work with our county, city and community partners to get Arizonans impacted by this pandemic the resources and support they need.”
The new funding will be split between $2 million for the Arizona Department of Housing’s Rental Eviction Assistance Program and $5 million that will go toward the Rental Property Owner Preservation Fund, both of which provide money directly or indirectly to prevent landlords from having to abandon their properties and go into foreclosure due to unpaid rents.
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