Rental assistance program to be suspended, return with 90% less funding

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Big changes are coming to a Columbus-based non-profit organization that offers rental assistance, with the program being suspended for the rest of the year and funding and workforce cuts on the horizon.

IMPACT Community Assistance said it will suspend its emergency rental assistance program starting Dec. 14, and when the program restarts in January 2023, there will be 90 percent less funding available for assistance for Franklin County families.

Additionally, IMPACT said it would layoff 31 percent of its employees by Dec. 29.

IMPACT said the portal is being suspended to address all the applications submitted by that date.

According to IMPACT, there is still $360 million available in rental assistance funding at the state level, but the organization does not have access to that money. Assistance through the Ohio Department of Development is available by clicking here.