January 3, 2022 3:15 a.m.

Oregon Housing and Community Services has announced that as of last Wednesday, OHCS and local program administrators have paid $211.6 million in federal emergency rental assistance to 30,471 households.

An OHCS release said that’s up from $200.4 million and 28,869 applicants the previous week, through the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

OERAP continues to be one of the nation’s top-performing programs and is ranked 5th in the nation in the percentage of federal Emergency Rental Assistance funds paid out and obligated, as tracked by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition.

To date, OHCS and its processing partners have:

*Paid over $211.6 million to landlords and tenants to help over 30,000 Oregon households.

*Received more than 51,700 completed applications to be reviewed for eligibility.