Kansas officials continue working to speed up the distribution of aid money to help people avoid eviction, the Associated Press reported. More than 40% of the $169 million allocated to the state program has been given out so far, according to Ryan Vincent, executive director of the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation that is overseeing the aid program. Kansas, like most states, fell short of the federal goal of distributing at least 65% of the aid money by Nov. 15, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. Federal reporting shows only 10 states and the District of Columbia met that target. But Vincent said Kansas has been making steady progress and roughly 32,000 Kansans have received help so far. The amount of aid money the state handed out has more than doubled since late August when it had given out just $31.9 million or about 17% of the total. And Kansas isn’t in danger of having the federal government reclaim some of the money because the state had distributed at least 30% of the aid by the November deadline.
