Police: Suspect at-large after shooting security guard at Manchester mall.‘Unforeseen hurdles’ delay Middletown riverfront restaurant project.John Jopling, housing law director for the Mississippi Center for Justice, said the program is designed to ensure funds are for their intended purpose. In August 2021, the Treasury Department issued guidance encouraging state and local governments to allow tenants to self-assess their income and their risk of becoming homeless. But Reeves said the program’s requirements for determining whether a person needs aid are too lax, opening it up to fraudulent claims. To qualify for the program, renters must make no more than 80% of their area’s median income. The organization estimates that 46% of low-income Mississippi households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent. The data referenced by Wade comes from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. “But the Governor has decided to make housing even more precarious.” “Nearly one in three renter households in Mississippi is extremely low-income, and our state is short more than 48,000 affordable rental homes for extremely low-income renters,” Wade said. Vangela Wade, president of the Mississippi Center for Justice, called Reeves’ decision “outrageous, heartless and utterly devoid of any reason.” Mississippi’s COVID-19 state of emergency ended over eight months ago. Reeves said the program made sense at the beginning of the pandemic because people lost unemployment through no fault of their own. Applicants who have already applied for the program will not be affected by the decision. The remaining applications are still being processed. Of that total, 36,889 applications have been approved, and 32,442 have been denied. The governor said the program has received 86,146 applications since it launched. The money can pay for up to 15 months of rental and utility assistance. The Rental Assistance for Mississippians Program is administered by the Mississippi Home Corporation. Mississippi has spent $200 million in federal emergency rental assistance. While Reeves praised a “booming” Mississippi economy, he said there are still too many people in the state “being paid not to work.” Labor shortages across the country have led to staffing woes for some employers and increased job opportunities for some workers. The total amount that will be returned to the Treasury Department will decrease with each new application that is approved or recertified, according to the governor’s office. 15, and the state will return as much as $130 million for the program back to the federal government. The Rental Assistance for Mississippians Program will not accept any applications past Aug. JACKSON, Miss (AP) - Mississippi will soon stop accepting applications to a federal rental assistance program created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people stave off evictions, Gov. (Hannah Mattix/The Clarion-Ledger via AP) Hannah Mattix/AP 15, the remaining funds of which would be returned to the United States Department of the Treasury. The Governor announced that the state would no longer be accepting applications for the program effective Aug. Comments Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves speaks at a press conference regarding the Rental Assistance for Mississippians Program (RAMP) established during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug.
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