3,500 households seek rental assistance
EVERETT — Nearly 3,500 households are waiting for rental assistance in Snohomish County.
The latest round of money is for up to 15 months of a household’s overdue rent and only available to people who haven’t received rental assistance in the past. Volunteers of America has distributed more than $75 million to help more than 13,000 households pay rent since the pandemic began. In 2021, the nonprofit put money in people’s hands at one of the fastest rates in Washington.
“The need in the community is huge,” said Galina Volchkova, senior director for Housing Services at VOA. “… While many communities and other states were struggling to distribute rental assistance, we had already spent it. We were looking around like, ‘What’s next?’”
The nonprofit began distributing another $23 million in January. VOA has doled out more than $7.1 million to about 900 households.
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