Name: Wrong numbers, confusing links slowed applicants to state's rent relief program
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Description: A billion-dollar rental assistance effort that has struggled at times to get enough applicants listed incorrect phone numbers, for months, that people could call for more information on the program in two North Carolina counties.

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LAWSUIT OVER PRODUCTS SOLD BY ITS THIRD-PARTY SELLERS. >>> A BILLION-DOLLAR EFFORT TO HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT AND THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN SLOW TO GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR. AT TIMES STRUGGLED TO GET THE WORD OUT TO ADVOCATES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY BUT A REPORTER FOUND A PRETTY SIMPLE ONE JUST BY TRYING A FEW PHONE NUMBERS. HE JOINS US NOW BE ASSUMED. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU STARTED CALLING THIS PROGRAM. >> A COUPLE OF THE NUMBERS WERE STRAIGHT UP WRONG ONLINE. THEY WERE LISTED ON A STATE RUN WEBSITE AND THEY HAD BEEN FOR MONTHS BUT INSTEAD OF BRINGING IN A DEDICATED LINE ALREADY SET UP FOR PEOPLE TO CALL WITH QUESTIONS, THEY RANG AT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN IT THAT YOU DO AN AUTOMATED MENU THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROGRAM AT ALL. >> COMEDY PROGRAMS HAS OR PROBLEMS HAS A COST? >> IT'S HARD TO SAY, THIS PROGRAM HAS ALL OF THESE LAYERS. ESTATE WAS THE BIGGEST ONE BUT THERE ARE 12 OTHER PROGRAMS AND CAROLINA HAS THE BIGGEST COUNTIES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SO WHAT I DID WAS STARTING CALLING LOCAL PROGRAMS AND WORKING FROM THE NUMBERS ONLINE. TWO OF THE 12 HAD WRONG NUMBERS BUT THE REST SEEMED TO BE RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD TO NAVIGATE AN AUTOMATED MENU AND GO THROUGH SOME UNRELATED OPTIONS OFTEN AND SOMETIMES YOU HAD TO LEAVE A MESSAGE AND CALL BACK, I THINK A BIG REASON THESE PROGRAMS HAVE STRUGGLED IS BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THINGS. DIFFICULT BEGINNING DOCUMENTS FROM TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. THIS WAS ONE SIMPLE CUSTOMER SERVICE THING THAT HONESTLY TOOK ME LESS THAN AN HOUR TO FIND AND WAS REAL SIMPLE TO GET THE STATE TO FIX. >> RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PHONE NUMBERS. DO MOST PEOPLE FILE ONLINE? >> THEY DO. THE PHONE NUMBERS ARE THERE TO HELP PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE WEBSITES FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY, IT WAS WRONG ON THE STATE WEBSITE UNTIL HE POINTED THAT OUT. THE STATE HAS FIXED THAT AS

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