Greensboro announces $1.6M tenant-based rental assistance program to help extremely low-income households

The City of Greensboro’s weekly flash briefing announced a tenant-based rental assistance program developed in partnership with the City of Greensboro Housing Authority that will offer more than $1,600,000 to eligible households.

The briefing said the program will help households earning less than 30% of the area median income and will target people currently on the continuum-of-care rapid rehousing wait list as well as households referred by partnering agencies. Priority will be given to people experiencing homelessness and those fleeing domestic violence.

Eligible households may receive assistance for up to two years, and the program is scheduled to launch on June 1, according to the briefing. The announcement did not specify the exact funding sources beyond the partnership with the Housing Authority or how many households the funds are expected to assist.

City listeners were directed to city communications for additional program details and application procedures that were not provided in the flash briefing.