Federal money for housing the pandemic wasn’t being spent. It’s getting pretty bad.”Since the start of the pandemic, states and localities across the country have received billions in federal aid to help reduce homelessness. And only 11.6%—or 8,110 of 69,810—of Emergency Housing Vouchers had been accepted by landlords nationwide as of Jan. 18, according to HUD. States have until September of this year to spend the emergency grants and until September of next year to use their housing vouchers. The city of Dallas received $19 million in Emergency Solutions Grants through the CARES Act and 490 Emergency Housing Vouchers through the American Rescue Plan Act, worth some $8 million, HUD data shows.