Travis County rethinking approach to rental assistance, eviction

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Travis County is looking at ways to improve assistance for people who are facing eviction as the last pandemic-created delays are set to expire at the beginning of March.
Eviction Lab, a nonprofit that looks at eviction rates across the country, published data last month that shows prior to the pandemic, roughly 200 evictions were being filed on a weekly basis in Austin. Those numbers have dropped dramatically as the federal government and county leaders put moratoriums in