ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s the first of the month, and rent is due for many families. But with the government shutdown still dragging on, some federal workers across Central Florida are struggling to pay up. Nonprofits in the area say calls for help are already climbing.
For some families in Central Florida, paying rent this month is harder than usual.
“One out of every two households are paycheck to paycheck. So when we have these crises, the pandemic, the government shutdown, we are just cycling constantly. The root issue is that people are not earning enough to afford the housing that we have,” Executive Director of Family Promise Brevard Tara Pagliarini said…