City Encourages Landlords, Tenants to Apply For Emergency Rent Assistance Now

The City of Spokane and its partners have deployed $9.3 million in emergency rent assistance to tenants or landlords during the first six months of a federal program that assists those who have faced a financial hardship due to the pandemic. Spokane was the first Washington jurisdiction to distribute all of its first round of funds - $6.1 million - from the U.S. Treasury. As of Nov. 30, $3.2 million of its total $7.8 million (40 percent) of its first round of funds from the Washington State Department of Commerce had been distributed. “In the past month, we’ve gotten a couple tenants caught up and others have since applied,” said Bill Varner, a Spokane landlord. To continue reading the rest of the article, please click on the source link below: https://my.spokanecity.org/news/releases/2021/12/14/city-encourages-landlords-tenants-to-apply-for-rent-assistance-now/