Rochelle offers housing assistance information

On Monday state leaders announced $33 million in state and federal resources will be allocated to help renters, homeowners, and residential landlords impacted by COVID-19. The plan includes the following: $10 million rental assistance program for Connecticut residents impacted by COVID-19, administered through the Department of Housing, which will provide payments to landlords on behalf of approved tenant applicants, with a priority on lower-income households who have been denied unemployment insurance; $5 million for eviction prevention to help renters who were in the process of eviction before the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency; $10 million to provide mortgage relief to homeowners who have suffered impacts from COVID-19 and whose mortgages are not federally insured, administered by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA); $4 million in rapid rehousing funds to help people pay costs like security deposits and initial rent to exit homelessness to housing, administered by the Department of Housing; $2.5 million rental assistance program for those who are ineligible for emergency assistance through the federal CARES Act, including those who are undocumented, administered by the Department of Housing; $1.8 million in funding for reentry and rehousing assistance for people exiting incarceration, administered by the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness; Extending the residential eviction moratorium to August 25, bringing Connecticut’s measures in line with federal measures (the CARES Act prevents evictions from most properties until late summer); and Extending the opportunity to apply a portion of any security deposit worth more than one month’s rent toward rental payments.All housing assistance programs administered by the state and CHFA will include counseling to help renters and homeowners problem solve and develop plans to pay housing expenses. Details, including the application process, are continuing to be developed and will be released as they become available.  For additional information, please visit the below resources: Connecticut Department of Housing: portal.ct.gov/doh Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA): www.chfa.org Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH): cceh.org This is shared from a press release from state Rep. Kara Rochelle.