Politics played a role

Politics played a role in past rental assistance distribution in a handful of states. Many of these Republican-led states, with a history of weak tenant protections, offered little to no assistance.

Allocations by state include money set aside by both state and local governments. Some states, like Georgia, offered no statewide rental assistance programs in 2020, but a handful of their local governments dispersed rental assistance.
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition; The Center for Public Integrity in collaboration with the AP
Associated Press