Cobb County Government: Commissioners To Consider ERA2 Funds For Rental Assistance

Press release from the Cobb County Government:

September 23, 2021

With more than two-thirds of the county’s Emergency Rental Assistance funds already distributed, Cobb Commissioners will consider tapping into an additional source of federal funding to continue providing rental and utility assistance to those impacted by the COVID pandemic.

Five nonprofit organizations have worked to distribute the $22.8 million Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA1) allocation and with assistance from the Cobb Magistrate Court and others more than $15 million has been distributed into the community.  Local governments were under a deadline to distribute 65% of the funding by the end of September, but with that goal surpassed commissioners will consider using “ERA2” funds to continue the program.

Commissioners formally accepted the $7.2 million in ERA2 funds earlier this year.  Unlike the ERA1 funding, these funds would be available through September 2025. The same five nonprofit organizations that are currently administering the program will distribute the funds (see www.cobbcounty.org/ERA for details).  The other differences include:

The Board of Commissioners will consider the allocation of these funds during its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 7 pm.

This press release was produced by the Cobb County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.