His mismanagement of federal funds is the reason the state is no longer receiving ERA, including $67 million in additional rental assistance.

The CAP program was a huge success for people weathering insane rent cost increases. More than two dozen states with such programs were able to secure federal funding so that full-time workers struggling to keep up with rent could get assistance. CAP would pay rents directly to landlords, so both the tenants and the owners of the property would be covered during Covid. Landlords got their money and tenants got to keep their homes.

Thanks to Sununu, the program is being shut down. While other states still manage to keep getting funding, Sununu misused $19 million of the ERA2 federal funding, which caused their request for an additional $67 to be denied the following year.

Tom Sherman, who ran for governor on the promise that such funds wouldn't be mismanaged, warned that misuse of ERA2 funding would lead to the state being cut off from future funding. And he was right.

Now New Hampshire tenants are screwed, while other states that correctly allocated their housing benefits will recover additional funding.