First of the month is coming back around

There's one every month.  But this one will be worse if unemployment benefits are not extended and if evictions are allowed to proceed.  In the meantime, this state relief program is already out of money. It was never going to be enough in the first place.

The housing advocacy group HousingLOUISIANA said the inundation of the program was to be expected, given an estimated 142,000 unemployed renters across the state who are in need of its services.

"(HousingLOUISIANA has) said from the beginning that $250 million is the minimum amount needed for rental assistance through the end of 2020,” the group said in a written statement.

The group’s president, Andreanecia Morris, said when the program was unveiled Thursday that most Louisiana renters, particularly those in New Orleans, were already making below the salaries they needed to afford the costs of living across the state before the pandemic.