Tens of billions of dollars more in rental assistance have been delivered to states from the federal government in 2021, but that has been slow to be disbursed, too.

Tenants and rent advocates scramble to obtain state and local rental relief funds as the federal eviction moratorium expires.

In San Francisco, there are 24,000 tenants behind on rent, and the local and state programs only protect about 8,500 of those tenants.

Tenants are currently protected from eviction for non-payment of rent if they pay 25 percent of back rent accumulated since April 2021 and submit a declaration each month.

In 2021, when New York State rolled out its COVID-19 rent relief program, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents were not included in the initial wave of funding.