She tried to get one-time rent assistance from welfare but was denied.

Under that program, families can receive security deposits and up to $300 a month in rent assistance for a year.

Housing is not provided, although rent assistance may be available.

Tenants will be offered opportunities to move to private housing with rent assistance provided by Federal housing subsidies.

For most people in need of rent assistance, the city is the first stop, and charity officials say it is performing yeoman service.

Social workers and local officials complain that state-allotted rent assistance available to families once they leave the shelters is woefully inadequate to meet market rents.

Tenants who live in public housing in Australia are not eligible for rent assistance.

About 2.7 million households receive Federal rent assistance.

He found that recipients faced excessive waits in getting services like rent assistance and that the city's case managers had too many cases.

Thus $8.4 million becomes more than $30 million in rent assistance.