(Portsmouth, RI)--State housing officials say they're confident they can process thousands of pending federal financial-relief applications by the middle of next month.The announcement reportedly comes as President Biden extended the federal moratorium yesterday on evictions through the end of next month.It had been set to expire next week.State officials say, so far, Rhode Island has tapped only two-million dollars of its 200-million in program funding from Washington, D.C.
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