MADISON (WKOW) -- More than a week into July, many people in our community still haven't paid rent -- in part due to the financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mattie Reese says she's been contact with a number of people who applied for rental assistance at the Tenant Resource Center, but are still waiting to see the money.
“People are calling me saying, 'My landlord is threatening to throw me out. My landlord gave me a five-day notice,'” she said.
Reese volunteered at the TRC last month to help people get signed up for rental assistance. She says she's recently had a falling out with the TRC over how they've handled the payments.
"Contract it out," Reese said. "If it’s too much for you and you have people doing the work and you have organizations who have done this before, allow other organizations in to help you guys out."
In a statement to 27 News, the Tenant Resource Center says they're working as hard as they can, but more than that, the money can only go so far.
"Our community will see homelessness rise exponentially without significantly more emergency funding for housing, utilities, food and other essential services," said TRC executive director Robin Sereno. "I can assure you that everyone at TRC is working day and night, 7 days a week to get CARES assistance applications reviewed, processed and checks in the mail."
The rental assistance TRC provides is a combination of money from a $10 million initiative from Dane County and a $25 million statewide initiative from Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI).
Both draw from federal CARES funding, and county officials say more of that will be necessary so they can continue funding programs like those that help renters.
"While we should be proud and grateful to live in a community that has already dedicated over $25 million to such needs — without additional support from our federal partners, needs will go unmet," said Shawn Tessmann, director of the Dane County Department of Human Services. "We will continue to do everything possible within our power to assure the health, safety and well-being of our citizens."
Reese says she's acted as a liaison between communities in need and the organizations working to provide assistance, but it's become increasingly difficult for her to give them actionable advice -- and she hopes that everything gets sorted out and money gets sent out as quickly as possible.
"We are going to have a lot of families facing eviction or we are going to have a lot of homeless people," she said.
Wisconsin's moratorium on evictions lifted May 26.
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