The Montgomery County Commissioners Court on Tuesday voted to take back $3.3 million in federal funds it previously designated for nonprofits to distribute to landlords and renters thrown into financial straits by the pandemic.
The Treasury had set a series of progressive deadlines, by which point funds had to distribute 30, 40, then 50 percent of their initial emergency rental assistance funding or risk having the difference taken back. Governments that spent the money quickly and have since received additional funds will not be at risk. The final deadline is the end of March, by which point local governments are expected to have distributed all of their initial emergency rental assistance funding.
Rebecca Ansley, director of Grants and Community Development in Montgomery County, said in an email that funds are currently being distributed. Ben Martin, a senior researcher at Texas Housers, urged cities and counties in danger of losing funds do the same with this round of reallocations.
A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs said in an email Texas Rent Relief would “welcome reallocated emergency rental assistance funds from the Treasury from anywhere in the country, including any recaptured funds from local jurisdictions in the state.”
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