These were only political estimates that it could start in August. Alleged facts are then made out of it by the press, which do not necessarily have to be true.
It has been pretty quiet on the topic in recent weeks. Although I assume that hard work is being done in the background. The exact design still needs to be coordinated, framework/program conditions. And then it has to be put into a piece of software so that the funding program can also be processed.
The money is not going anywhere and will flow at the earliest from move-in. Because proof of registration is a component of the application.