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Palm Beach County Community Services’ online portal for Emergency Rental/Utility Assistance Program will close on August 11, 2021.
The prioritization assistance to households with incomes less than 50% of area median income and to households with one or more members who have been unemployed for at least 90 days was established in the PPM and automated in the online application system, OSCARSS. The system assigns a priority level to each applicant based on…
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The CDC Extends Its Eviction Moratorium For 30 Days
For inquiries, please reach out to Today in Housing Managing Editor Ahmad Abu-Khalaf, senior research analyst at Enterprise. JUNE 24, 2021 Today, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky extended the agency’s temporary eviction moratorium for qualifying renters, which was set to expire on June 30, 2021, through July 31, 2021. A press release from the CDC…
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PBC housing affordability crisis is getting worse. Is a solution on the way?
By Wendy Rhodes | Palm Beach Post | June 12, 2021 For nearly two decades, local government leaders, developers and advocates have brainstormed and promulgated different measures to address a chronic sore spot: Ever-increasing housing costs have made the American Dream of homeownership unattainable for broad swaths of people. “The dirty little secret is that the…
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Locked Out: Low pay, soaring rents, pro-landlord laws set up Florida renters for eviction once COVID hit
By Caroline Glenn | May 13, 2021 | A Three-Part Orlando Sentinel Special Report How COVID exposed Florida’s eviction crisis Jocelyn Bennett paints her daughters’ toenails, not bothered by the strong scent of nail polish filling the room at the HomeTown Studios in Orlando. The girls show off their pink toes, toddling around the small…
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Wellington’s COVID-19 Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance Program application portal Open
Rental and Utility Assistance Rental and Utility Assistance Information The online application portal is now open. This Temporary Rental and Utility program funded by the Community Development Block (CDBG) and CDBG’s Cares Act provides assistance to low and moderate-income Village of Wellington residents. The program’s purpose is to assist residents with a one-time rental and…
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Palm Beach County opens new round of COVID rent assistance. Here’s how to apply
By Hannah Morse | Palm Beach Post Millions of dollars in new federal aid will be available to Palm Beach County renters who were affected by the coronavirus pandemic. County commissioners signed off on a plan Tuesday for the county’s community services department to dispense $45.2 million for rent and utility assistance. The county received the dollars as…
