(AP) Local agencies are dealing with a two-month backlog of rent relief applications as many Maine renters continue to struggle financially during the pandemic.
Under staffed agencies are struggling to keep pace with the volume of applications and a bulkier process that requires more documentation, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Maine’s latest rent relief program is funded by the second federal COVID-19 stimulus package passed in December.
And it’s “much more administratively burdensome,” according to Shawn Yardley, CEO of Community Concepts, which facilitates the program for Androscoggin and Oxford counties as well as the city of Brunswick.
