Pima County is urgently trying to get residents the funds needed to pay rent and utilities, but people like Julie Stout are being affected by long wait times.
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Emergency Rental Assistance Program in Pima county has helped over 18,512 households since the pandemic, despite delays and staffing shortages. The county is currently working to get the remaining funds to more people in need."There's so many bills that are past due,” she said. “It's just been really hard.""I ended up going on a medical leave at my job, and I exhausted all my time, and they had to let me go," she said.
"I'll turn in the information and then it's something else that has to come. And then I'll turn in that information and then it's something else. But there are multiple people they're trying to get the information from. So it's not just me on a deadline it's other people," she said. Dan Sullivan is the Pima County Community Workforce Development Director. He said staffing shortages and a department merger caused some delays, but they're trying to deliver those funds with a sense of urgency.
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