Even if you’re in the middle class, you might find that sometimes your paycheck doesn’t stretch as far as you’d like.

You could, sometimes, find it a challenge to make ends meet. If you do, where do you go for help? The Flagstone Initiative, which was founded in 2021, targets one source of middle-class anxiety: paying the rent. The group partners with property managers throughout the Birmingham metro to lower eviction rates through various rental assistance programs.