Prism Health North Texas announced it has been awarded a $10,000 emergency housing and rent assistance North Texas Cares Grant through the Communities Foundation of North Texas.
The temporary halt in residential evictions by the Centers for Disease Control to prevent the spread of COVID-19 remains in place, but many Texans are still at risk of losing safe, stable housing because the state has not released specific moratorium measures for Texas renters. “Many of our patients are frontline workers and were already struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic,” PHNTX case manager Fernie Sanchez said. “The layoffs, dismissals, and/or reduction of hours resulted in the inability to pay rent and other household expenses for many in our