While the state's rental assistance program helped tens of thousands of tenants, hundreds of people never received their approved payments, leading to eviction notices for some. (Pixabay.com)

Hundreds of tenants who were approved for the state’s rental assistance programs haven’t received the payments and in dozens of cases, the missing payments have led to eviction proceedings, renters told NJ Advance Media.

Many said they were told their cases were being investigated, but they were given no timeline for a resolution, with some are waiting for longer than a year without answers. Some said the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), which manages the programs, confirmed their checks had been mailed to a wrong address, but the funds would have to be recovered before the agency could cut another check. No date ranges were given, nor was there direction on what would happen if the funds couldn’t be recovered, tenants said they were told.

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