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  Here's Where the Initial Funding from Coronavirus Rental Assistance Program Went

  June 23 at 4 a.m.

  Almost as soon as Dallas began taking applications for its COVID-19 rental assistance program, the $13.7 million allocated was already spent. About 10,000 residents made it through an initial screening in early May when the program went live, according to the city. About 1,500 received some help, and more than...

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  COVID-19 Forces Dallas Homelessness Advocates to Get Creative

  May 5 at 4 a.m.

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Texas, many shelters that serve Dallas’ homeless population have shut their doors, diverting their clients to hotels or motels as they did when faced with overflow before the pandemic. Those who are sleeping in shelters or motel rooms are subject to stringent social distancing regulations,...

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  Here’s What You Need To Do To Get Ready for Dallas’ Rental Assistance Program

  April 29 at 4 a.m.

  Monday, Dallas is set to begin taking applications for its novel coronavirus rent and mortgage assistance program. The city isn't making the program's website or phone number available ahead of its launch, but Dallas staff revealed Tuesday afternoon just what you'll need in order to apply, in case you want...

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  What the Most Needy Need Most In a Time of Separation – Each Other

  April 27 at 4 a.m.

  Yes, we need to pay special homage to first responders and medical personnel in this crisis, but there is another group of exposed persons out there risking their own health. I am thinking of clergy, nonprofit workers and volunteers who serve the least of our sisters and brothers. Any number...

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  Amid a Pandemic, North Texas Tenants Grapple With Landlords

  April 17 at 4 a.m.

  The sound of skittering rats was common. Mold would fester, threatening rot. Perhaps worst of all, the plumbing stopped working. “Pretty much everything that could go wrong was going wrong,” Peter Wierenga says of his Fort Worth home. “But the landlord wouldn’t do anything about it.” So Wierenga was not...

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  There’s a Plan to Help Dallas With Its Rent, but Don’t Expect Anything This Month

  April 1 at 4 a.m.

  Barring something truly unforeseen, you, dear renter and reader, are still obligated to fatten your landlord's pocket sometime in the next couple of days. For all the stimuli that have been pushed out and all the hollering from the left about your plight, there's little relief on offer for those...