Research by Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design found that most Philadelphia-based applicants for pandemic-related rent relief were struggling to pay rent even before March 2020. “These are households that clearly showed distress before,” he said.
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphias-covid-rental-assistance-program-to-roll-out-differently-in-2021/ WHYY (Philadelphia)