Mayeron Masadad is a single dad who lives in Atlanta with his 10-year-old daughter, and

he has spent much of the last year scared and lying awake at night.

I can't sleep, I get panic attacks, not knowing what's in store for us.

Masadad drives Uber for a living, but when the pandemic hit, he stopped.

With his daughter home from school, he couldn't leave her alone.

As a result, he's more than $15,000 behind on his rent, and his landlord has filed

an eviction case against him.

So back in March, when Masadad heard Congress had approved nearly $50 billion for people

to catch up on rent, it felt like divine intervention.

That nearly $50 billion from Congress, that money goes to the States, and then onto the

county and city level where different programs are popping up to take applications and

write checks to renters and landlords.

It's gone relatively well in some places.

The government funding is helped.

They have not been evicted from their homes.

It's a great, great thing.

Stephanie Graves is a landlord in Houston.

She manages 1,800 units, and she went door-to-door encouraging residents to apply for the help.

They've applied for funding, and over half of those people have gotten funding are still

in their apartments, and the systems worked.

Mayeron Masadad in Atlanta has also applied for this funding, but he says his county caps

the amount anyone can receive at $5,000.

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