Greensboro has ended its Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
The initiative sprang out of the COVID pandemic to help those in need as housing costs soared and people lost their jobs. The city has spent over $19 million in federal funds to support more than 3,000 households since the program began in 2021.
While the conditions under which it started may have ended, the program is concluding at a time when the state continues to face a housing affordability crisis…