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Home repair program to open soon in Luzerne County

The Luzerne County Whole Home Repairs Program will open soon and provide limited funding to help area homeowners address safety concerns, take measures to improve energy or water efficiency and ....

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Towns feel the pinch from gaming grant holdup


The inaction of the Commonwealth Finance Authority on Local Share Account (gaming grant) applications submitted by area government leaders has begun to impact the finances of at least one municipality.
Late in 2019, Fairview Twp. applied for $381,166.50 to pave the municipal building parking lot and capital improvements for Park Lane North and Deerpath. It also asked for a $47,513.25 gaming grant for a new police SUV.
The Commonwealth Financing Authority, which reviews and awards the gaming grants, has not met since early in 2019 and as a result, municipalities not only did not receive the grants, but don’t know when planning their 2021 budgets how much, if any of the money for which they applied, they will receive. ....

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Luzerne County receives $9.5M in rental assistance


Luzerne County has received nearly $9.5 million in federal funding to assist people struggling to make rent due to hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Luzerne County Office of Community Development.
The funding, which originated from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, is channeled through the U.S. Treasury Department and will allow tenants as well as landlords to seek relief.
“It can be used for rent and utilities for people who were adversely affected by the pandemic,” Executive Director Andrew Reilly said. “We are in the process now of putting together a program.”
The Commission on Economic Opportunity will assist in administering the program once the application process has been set up, he said. ....

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