community and workforce development
Posted Apr 13, 2022, 3:05 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County and the city of Tucson expect to hand out $41 million in rental assistance by September, even as Tucson plans to bow out of the program this summer as its funding runs out.... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2022, 10:11 am
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
$22 million in federal rental assistance has made its way to Pima County and Tucson after sitting undistributed in state coffers. The county and city have already delivered more than $56 million to help tenants pay rent and utility bills during the pandemic.... Read more»
Posted Aug 30, 2021, 9:35 am
Simon Williams
/Cronkite News
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a national eviction moratorium late Thursday comes as an estimated one-fifth of U.S. renters are behind on the rent – including 253,000 in Arizona - and the state is in the midst of a dangerous surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read more»