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COVID-19 rental relief application approvals have 'picked up the pace' in Montgomery Co.�� 08/12/2021 03:39pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '368c1eb1-624e-4843-aea8-e4a483455e9c' }).render("3146153609c31706");}); There���s COVID-19 relief money to help p With help from CASA, Md. tenants file court claims seeking end to high water bills and unhealthy living conditions 08/10/2021 09:30am • Erwin Rodas, a Bedford Station resident and plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging conditions at the property, says his bathroom is in bad shape and needs repair. (Maryland Matters/Rosanne Skirble) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up 7 things to consider before buying a vacation home 08/10/2021 09:20am • Once you're closing on the vacation home you've just bought, you may actually need a vacation. In other words, if you're pondering purchasing a vacation home, it's quite a process, and there's a lot to think about first. But if you ultimately decide to go for it, you aren't alone. According to th Need legal help? Maryland AG issues alert on pandemic evictions 08/09/2021 04:25pm • After the Biden administration issued a new order temporarily halting evictions in areas where the coronavirus is surging, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has issued a consumer alert reminding residents to be aware of their rights, because the protections could shift depending on the virus's s DC takes steps to reach residents before federal rental assistance funding expires 08/06/2021 04:23pm • D.C. lawmakers are concerned not enough people are taking advantage of a federal assistance program to help pay rent and utilities as the money runs out in under two months. On Sept. 30, whatever is left of the $130 million D.C. has to offer in federal rental and utility assistance disappears. So 'Every day it���s increasing': Md. nonprofit sees more help flowing to renters 08/06/2021 09:35am • Eviction pauses are in place, but for renters who are behind, the clock is still ticking. One Maryland group that helps people apply for rent relief payments says renters should hang in there. ���These applications are taking a long time to process,��� said Mary Hunter, director of the housing Md. official: Rent relief payouts to increase ���dramatically��� 08/04/2021 01:29pm • Maryland leaders are pushing back on the notion that the state has been too slow to get rent relief money out to residents. The state and its localities got an initial $401 million in federal money that was earmarked for rent relief, with another $352 million on the way. Through July, only about COVID-19 canvassing wraps up in Prince George's Co. 08/02/2021 10:09pm • They knocked on more than 260,000 doors, sent 547,000 texts and made 1.3 million phone calls ��� all with the goal of getting Prince George's County, Maryland, residents to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. It's hard to make a one-to-one correlation between those contacts and the number of county With time running out, DC residents face struggles getting rent relief 08/01/2021 06:59pm • The national eviction moratorium expired Saturday and on July 25, the District's local ban on evictions, tied to Mayor Muriel Bowser's public health emergency declaration, also expired, leaving thousands of D.C. residents on the edge of losing their home. The national moratorium doesn't provide f Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections 08/01/2021 12:08pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might help her stave off eviction. Simmons, a 44-year-old home health aide who lives with her two children and two grandchildren, was only a month behind on he Md. leaders grapple with federal red tape as they try to distribute rent relief funding 08/01/2021 07:50am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Throughout the pandemic, the federal government has relied on states and local jurisdictions to quickly get rent relief to tenants ��� but s Rent relief, eviction continuances are options in Va. as moratorium expires 07/30/2021 01:13pm • Eviction proceedings can soon resume in Virginia, but there are still options available for residents who need help. A federal eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday and Virginia has no state moratorium to take its place. However, rent relief money is still available for residents who q Shaw penthouse for $15,000 a month (but you can rent it for just 30 days) 07/28/2021 11:10am • There's a D.C. penthouse at the top of a recently opened short-term apartment building that just came on the market for $15,000 a month. But it can be rented for as little as 30 days. It is part of the recently opened Whyle, an apartment concept from Philadelphia-based Method Co. Its 95 one- a Where are people moving to DC coming from? 07/27/2021 08:58am • People are constantly moving into D.C., and constantly moving out of D.C. In the second quarter of 2021, 33% of apartment searches in D.C. were out-of-towners looking to relocate here, while 28% of D.C. residents searching for an apartment were looking out of town, according to apartments for rent l DC boasts bigger numbers for rent assistance 07/23/2021 02:34pm • A D.C. official said Friday that the nation's capital is doing well with getting federal funding out the door to help residents who need assistance paying for rent and utilities. John Falcicchio. D.C.'s deputy mayor for planning and economic development,�� told the D.C. Council Friday that of the