ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County is ending its eviction diversion program Friday, making way for a new emergency rental assistance, or the ERA, program to take over in March. “Since our COVID-19 eviction diversion program launched six months ago, we have provided more than $11.2.
million in assistance,” Demings said. “As of about midday today, 3,571 different individuals or households had benefited from our existing eviction diversion program.” On March 1, Orange County will launch a new emergency rental assistance program.
The county’s website describes this program as “an income-based program aimed at helping Orange County’s most vulnerable tenants who are in imminent danger of eviction due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” The two programs have