NH won't get additional money for emergency rental assistance program - WMUR Manchester

JEN THERE ARE FIVE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE THAT OFFER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND TONIGHT THEY’RE ASKING EVERYONE TO REMAIN CALM. THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE PAST YEAR TO HELP GRANITE STATERS PAY FOR RENT AND UTILITIES. SO FAR, THE STATE HAS SPENT MORE THAN $230 MILLION OF FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS, HELPING MORE THAN 23,000 HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE STATE. NEW HAMPSHIRE APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, BUT THE US TREASURY REJECTED THAT. DONNELLY LASALLE WITH SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SAYS IF YOU APPLIED BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, THEN YOU’LL LIKELY GET THE FUNDING. BUT IF YOU DIDN’T, THE STATE’S FIVE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIPS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. WE HAVE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH. IT’S NOT RENT MONEY TO THE DEGREE THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS THINGS LIKE FUEL ASSISTANCE, ELECTRIC ASSISTANCE, FOOD PANTRIES. SOME OF THE CAPS DO, HOMELESS, SHELTERING. I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM WITH. AND COMING UP TONIGHT AT 730, HEAR FROM A MOTHER OF, THREE WHO IS EXPERIENCING THIS. AND WHAT THE STATE’S DOING