The final phase of Emergency Rental Assistance has begun, with remaining funds going to the places that have done the best job with their programs so far.
Department of Human Services, Philadelphia Local and Legislative Leaders Urge Pennsylvanians to Apply for Rental Assistance Ahead of Federal Eviction Moratorium Expiring
07/28/2021
Philadelphia, PA - Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Meg Snead today joined Mayor Jim Kenney, Senator Anthony H. Williams, Representative Jordan Harris, and Gregory Heller, senior vice president at Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation and executive director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, to discuss the upcoming end of the federal eviction moratorium and urge Pennsylvanians at risk of eviction or utility shutoffs because of COVID-19 to apply for assistance available through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s federal moratorium on evictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic will end after July 31, 2021.
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The CDC’s eviction moratorium ends Saturday, July 31, 2021. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and other officials are urging reside in danger of eviction to apply for rental assistance today. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Mayor Jim Kenney urged Philadelphians to apply for the city’s rental assistance program as the last emergency COVID-19 federal tenant protection, the CDC eviction moratorium, is set to expire Saturday.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Acting Secretary Meg Snead, Senior Vice President at the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation Greg Heller, and state senators Art Haywood and Nikil Saval joined Kenney to promote the city’s program.
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The only eviction moratorium that covers Pa. remains in effect for now Michaelle Bond, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Across Pennsylvania, renters struggling financially during the pandemic and landlords dependent on rent payments are waiting to find out what a federal judge’s order vacating the national eviction moratorium will mean for them.
Unlike Philadelphia and New Jersey, Pennsylvania does not have its own ban on locking out most tenants, so renters have been relying on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national ban. That moratorium is scheduled to run through June. But a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the agency had overstepped its authority in issuing the moratorium last year to try to stop the spread of the pandemic and that the nationwide ban is invalid.