Rent relief in Utica
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Rob palmieri announced today that assistance is now available for both tenants and homeowners that have had trouble paying their rent or mortgage because of the pandemic.
News channel 2's caitlin irla live here in the studio to tell us who qualifies for these funds.
Good evening kristen.
Renters and homeowners affected by the coronavirus pandemic can now receive assistance from the city of utica.
Applications will be available starting monday... and the funds will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
The program is income based and can provide up to three months of rent or mortgage payments.
The money was secured through the cares act.
After the cares act was passed, the city was waiting for the department of housing and urban development, or hud, to release rules and regulations for the funding.
"its taken a little bit of time since the passage of the cares act, but these funds are now available and ready for allocation.""because of hud's rules and regulations, they are income based so applicantsdn come leveand their combined family come cannotexcey allocated 580 thousand dollars to rent relief assistance and 375 thousand dollars to mortgage relief assistance.
Applications can be found online.
Again starting monday.
We will provide all that information, including the qualifications, on our website...wktv.com.
If you are unable to apply online, there is a number you can call for help.
That number... 315-724-4197.
Kristen back to you.