Tenants of Promenade Towers, a Bunker Hill apartment complex, above, received 371 eviction notices from late January through July. A new city program aims to help tenants who owe back rent. (Gary ...

A District program aimed at helping low-income renters avoid eviction spent $8 million in its first 14 months and is in such demand that advocacy groups are asking city officials to increase funding.

Just before April 1, Mario Salerno, a New York landlord, told his Brooklyn tenants their rent was waived. He suggested that, instead of paying rent, they check in on their neighbors and look out for ...