Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi have proposed $16 million in rent assistance funding to prevent evictions, according to a report from The Capital Times.
A federal moratorium on evictions is set to expire at the end of January and the funding would provide relief to financially stressed tenants and landlords. The funds are coming from the federal government’s $900 billion COVID relief bill approved late last month. In the forthcoming weeks, the legislation to approve the funding will be considered by the Madison City Council and the Dane County Board.
