Florida Housing says it will start distributing funds to those in need

A LOOK AT WHO’LL GET THE FUNDSAND HOW LONG IT’LL TAKE TOARRIVE.Since the pandemic bega━"Financially, I’m struggling."━and hundreds of thousands losttheir job━"I am so stressed out.

I reallyam."Many of you have told us howworried you are about paying forhousing."I have five children.

Myhusband and I are both waitingto collect unemployment.

In themean time, we can’t pay rent."While the governor has continuedto extend a moratorium onevictions until Augus━ it won’tlast forever.Delayed mortgage and rentpayments will eventually comedue.NAT REGISTERThat’s where 250 million CARESdollars come i━Florida Housing FinanceCorporation says now that it’saccepted the mone━ it can startworking to divvy it up and getit out to those in need.(Trey Price, Florida HousingFinance Corporation Exec.

Dir.)"There are folks that we knowthat, through no fault of theirown, their jobs have either goneaway or cut severely back."(TREY)Florida Housing’s Director TreyPrice says most of the dollarswill go into two big pot━120 million in rental assistancefor those in affordable housinalready managed by the agencAnother 120 to cities andcounties for their own rent andmortgage aid programs.The remaining dollars foroperational costs and specialneeds or homeless programs."We’re trying to get this monemoving.

We only have until theend of 2020 to do so."(TREY)Price expects to meet that goal.The first dollars flowing beforeAugust, he hopes.Then more chunks coming in themonths to follow.NAT DOORCurious if you qualify?Florida Housing says it’salready working with landlordsto ID those under their umbrellabehind on rent.Private renters and homeownerscan check with their localhousing program or SHIP officesto see what options areavailable.Perhaps it’ll be enough"It’s just a huge financialburden on me."...to ease the heavy debtFloridians have accrued.LL FORRESTIf you have questions━ Flo