…This new program will provide financial assistance to Louisiana renters and landlords experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week Governor John Bel Edwards announced the creation of a rental assistance program. This new program will provide financial assistance to Louisiana renters and landlords experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is funded through the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021. This relief package includes $25 billion for emergency rental assistance, of which $161 million has been allocated to the state to provide assistance in 57 Louisiana parishes. Louisiana Housing Corporation, in partnership with the Louisiana Office of Community Development, will administer the state program.
In addition, the law allowed local jurisdictions with populations over 200,000 to apply for and receive direct allocations from the U.S. Treasury. In Louisiana, seven jurisdictions, including Orleans and St. Tammany, did so and will administer their own programs.
