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Under an executive order issued yesterday, Gov. Ned Lamont’s $33 million relief fund for renters and homeowners unable to pay their rent or mortgage thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic will last for six months.

The package includes $10 million in rental assistance, in the form of payments to landlords on behalf of approved tenants, with a priority on lower-income households who have been denied unemployment insurance. There’s also $5 million to help renters who were in the process of being evicted before the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared.

The order charges state Commissioner of Housing Seila Mosquera-Bruno and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority CEO Nandini Natarajan with developing standards and regulations for which renters and homeowners can qualify.

The order includes a provision allowing it to be modified or extended.

Nonessential evictions are banned in Connecticut until Aug. 25.