SANFORD (WGME) -- A White House plan to slash federal housing assistance programs has Mainers who receive federal housing vouchers fearing they could lose their apartments. Those fears were heightened ...

Federal Emergency Rental Assistance dollars from the COVID-era must be spent by the end of September. Columbus and county renters received over $200 million in assistance since 2021. Now, Columbus is ...

A COVID-era federal rental assistance program in Columbus and Franklin County is ending on September 30. The program distributed over $218 million to residents during its operation. Several new and ...

In August 2025, internet users shared a rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump had capped housing rental assistance to two years. The measure was a real part of the discretionary budget proposal for ...

Federal rental assistance distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic did far more than help people stay in their homes. It also improved their mental health. A UC Riverside study published this week in ...

An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While relief efforts have staved off some of the housing crisis, rent is still going to ...

Despite more than $60 billion in annual federal spending on rental assistance, only one in four eligible families actually receives it. Recipient families receive, on average, more than $1,000 in ...

America’s affordable housing crisis is nearing a breaking point. More than 10 million extremely low-income renter households compete for too few affordable units, creating a shortage of 7.1 million ...

As Columbus braces for federal pandemic-era rental assistance to run out at the end of September, the city is investing in a much smaller program. The Columbus City Council voted unanimously at its ...