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Jun 03, 2021 07:27 AM EDT
(Photo : Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 05: U.S. President Joe Biden listens during a roundtable meeting with Americans who will benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic relief checks that are a part of the American Rescue Plan on March 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. The participants are Alma Williams, Cedric Richmond who is the Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagement, George Kerr, and Lyda Vanegas. The American Rescue Plan is currently being debated in the Senate after being passed in the House of Representatives.
President Joe Biden s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is set to provide relief for struggling Americans. The plan already includes the Homeowners Assistance Fund (HAF). Dubbed a secret stimulus, it provides direct financial assistance with $9.961 billion worth of funding to help homeowners in paying mortgages, taxes, utilities, insurance,
Most Americans have received three rounds of stimulus checks as part of the federal government's coronavirus relief efforts, but there's also a lesser-known relief option available to millions of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages.
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By Brendan LaChance on June 1, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. Wyoming launched a federally funded “Emergency Rental Assistance Program” on April 29. The first payments out of the total $180 million have been issued, a press release sent on Tuesday, June 1 states.
The program is being administered by the Wyoming Department of Family Services and the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. The application and review process has been taking longer than the initially estimated four weeks, according to the press release.
So far, 39 applications for $124,000 in assistance have been approved. A total of about 2,600 applications have been received requesting over $5.4 million.
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