ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to expand the Impacted Tenants Fund to help provide rental assistance to renters displaced by the May 16 tornado.

The fund will cover one month of rent for people who are forced to move to a new property. There are no requirements that an applicant use the funds to find a property within city limits.

Michelle Jackson rents her home in The Ville and has had to move around wherever she can find a spare bed in the aftermath of the tornado.

"Sometimes, me and my grandkids have to sleep in the car,” she said.

She and her daughter both lost their homes, and says they continue to be victimized.

"People are going in and stealing stuff out of my house. They stole my TVs. They stole all my stuff that's worth a lot in my house," Jackson s

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