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When DaJuan Davis learned that his application for rent relief was denied, exposing him and his son to another potential eviction, he felt “crushed.”
I felt so dejected. It took a lot of energy from me, said Davis, 45, in a January interview. The sometime commercial driver and convenience store worker, now employed by McDonald’s, sat on his living room couch, while his 13-year-old son attended virtual school in an adjacent bedroom.
He said he’s rented from Monroeville-based Arbors Management for 11 years. He’d weathered eviction filings, which followed a change of employment and gap in pay, in 2019.
His best hope of avoiding another eviction filing, following his July 8 loss of a job, had seemed to be Pennsylvania’s CARES Rent Relief Program. On July 10, he and the property manager filled out forms seeking six months of state help paying the $610-a-month rent for his Penn Hills apartment.
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Of 75k people who applied to the PHFA program, fewer than 27k got assistance.
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Pennsylvania only distributed about a third of the CARES Act money allocated for rent and mortgage relief in the commonwealth, the agency in charge of the program confirmed this week.
The federal funding was supposed to go to state residents hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, but of $150 million granted by the federal government, only $54 million went to renters and homeowners in need.
PA misses deadline to spend $108M in rent, mortgage relief from CARES Act northcentralpa.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northcentralpa.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Update 1/22/2021: Following an executive order by President Joe Biden, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan. 20 extended its ban on evictions until the end of March.
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania tenants and homeowners missed out on roughly $108 million of $175 million in federal coronavirus relief because state programs distributing the funding made it too hard to access, Spotlight PA has found. The remaining money will be redistributed to the state’s Department of Corrections.
Over the summer, Pennsylvania created two new housing programs to spend money it received under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: $150 million for rent relief and $25 million for mortgage help. Thousands of struggling families applied up until an extended Nov. 4 deadline, as coronavirus shutdowns led to layoffs, lost wages, and missed rent and mortgage payments. Local governments and nonprofits administering the funds were inundated with phone calls and emails