HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 017 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 22-017
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council February 1, 2022
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SUBJECT: STATUS OF EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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On February 23, 2021, the City Council approved M&C 21-0106 and M&C 21-0111 to administer two rental
assistance programs to assist persons financially impacted by COVID-19: 1.)the Texas Emergency Rental Assistance
Program (TERAP) and 2.) the U.S. Treasury's Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA-1). These programs
provided funding in the amounts of $1,840,489 and $27,484,117, respectively. On October 19, 2021, the City
Council approved M&C 21-0816 to accept an additional $29,071,786 (ERA-2) from the U.S. Department of Treasury
to continue to assist persons financially impacted during the pandemic. Rental assistance offered to Fort Worth
residents through TERAP and ERA 1 & 2 totals $58,396,392.
As part of the implementation process, the Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) developed an online
application portal utilizing Neighborly software. The application portal was launched on March 8, 2021, and
included features allowing either the landlord or tenant to initiate the rental assistance application process.
In addition to the online application process, the City partnered with six (6) organizations to provide case
management and assist in the overall administration of the program, including five (5) nonprofit agencies (Center
for Transforming Lives, Samaritan House, Salvation Army, Housing Channel, and Cornerstone Assistance Network)
and Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS), the City's housing authority. NSD contracted with Alpha Business
Images, LLC to implement an outreach and advertising campaign that specifically targeted demographic groups that
were at risk of housing displacement and eviction. Additional City staff was hired to expand our intake capacity and
to work directly with the Justice of Peace courts to prevent evictions.
Expenditures Ahead of Schedule
As of January 24, 2022, a total of 4,206 households were assisted with rental assistance funds from the following
programs:
Funds Provided to # Households Amount of Funds % of Funds Expenditure
Program City of Fort Worth Assisted Expended Expended Deadline
ERA-1 * $27,484,117 * 3,711 $27,484,117 * 100% September
2022
ERA-2 * $29,071,786 * 289 $3,084,117 * 11% September
2025
TERAP $1,840,489 206 $1,840,489 100% November
2021
Total $58,396,392 4,206 $32,408,723 56%
* Includes administrative cost of 10%
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Applicant Demographics
The following tables and charts provide an update of the program including demographics:
PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS ASSISTED BY INCOME LEVEL
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■Below$16,125
■$16,125-$27,086
3. ■$27,086-$38,000
$38,001-$60,800
More than$60,801
Demographics
WHITE
REFUSE To ANSWER
OTHER MULTI-RACIAL 61
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
AMERICAN INDIANOR ALASKA NATIVE 11%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Percentage of Race
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Households Assisted by Council District
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Applications Outpacing Resources
In the month of December 2021, the City received 3,744 new application inquiries and are on pace to receive an
additional 4,000 applicants for the month of January 2022.
The expenditures for the program are currently averaging $4.5 million per month, with an average of $7,300 in
assistance per household.At the current rate of expenditures, staff projects the funds to be exhausted by July 2022.
To address the growing number of submitted applications, Tarrant County has agreed to voluntarily reallocate $10
million from their Emergency Rental Assistance funds to the City of Fort Worth pending approval by the U.S.
Treasury, to enable us to continue assisting the citizens within Fort Worth city limits. The additional $10 million will
enable the City to help residents who have already submitted their applications and are pending approval.
However, the additional funding will not cover all newly submitted applications or Additional Funding Requests
(AFR) applications submitted by qualifying households previously assisted.
For additional information about this topic, please contact Victor Turner, Director of the Neighborhood Services
Department, at 817-392-8187.
David Cooke
City Manager
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