About 58% of applicants were approved in the first round, and the agency expects to approve more of the applications in this second round, Faust said. Many of those denied did not meet the requirement that they were behind on rent, or indicated they had not lost income because of COVID-19, according to the agency. In this round a process to review and catch application mistakes is built in, and more funding is available.
Almost 300,000 have applied for local pandemic rent relief. Another round of assistance could be coming.
