The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) has submitted a quarterly report to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means regarding the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program. The report includes detailed statistics on the program's performance, such as the number of households that applied for assistance, which totaled 43,420, and the number of households approved for assistance, which was 13,288. Additionally, it notes that 9,392 households were denied assistance, highlighting that the approval rate may appear low due to households reapplying after initial denials.
The report also provides financial data on the assistance awarded, indicating a minimum amount of $21, a median of $3,950, and an average of $4,093 awarded to households. In total, $54,387,988.31 was distributed to 13,288 households during the quarter. The breakdown of assistance awarded by income category shows that households with incomes at or below 15% of the Area Median Income (AMI) received $19,917,546.99, those with incomes between 16-30% AMI received $16,002,882.19, and households with incomes above 31% AMI received $18,467,559.13.