Wicked Local
The most vulnerable residents who are struggling to pay their rent and mortgages due to the COVID pandemic, received good news Tuesday night after the City Council voted to approve $1.2 million in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to provide emergency housing relief.
“We were pleased that the CPA and the council saw fit to continue this assistance on a temporary basis through June [2021],” said Planning Department Director Barney Heath during a phone interview. “Everyone hopes that the environment improves by June.”
Back in May 2020, the city approved $2 million in CPA funds for the city’s COVID-19 Emergency Rental & Mortgage Assistance Program. The account also included an additional $500,000 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), for $2.5 million total.