D.C.’s pandemic rental assistance program will stop accepting applications on Wednesday. Protestors at a Sunday rally said that’s too early.
STAY DC, which stands for Stronger Together by Assisting You, has handed out nearly $155 million in rent and utility assistance from federal funds to more than 23,000 residents.
But because officials said remaining applications will almost deplete the money left over, they have to stop accepting applications on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
Another $105 million in applications, which would assist 19,000 more residents, is being processed now.
D.C. was allocated $352 million in federal emergency rental assistance, which includes funding through the American Rescue Plan.
If additional funding is granted, John Falcicchio, the city’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development, told WTOP it would be used to make sure D.C. funds all STAY DC applications submitted by the deadline, and the rest would be used to “bolster with additional funding those programs that existed before the pandemic.”
