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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1426

NOTICES

HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

CARES Rent Relief Program Guidelines

[50 Pa.B. 5819]
[Saturday, October 17, 2020]

 The Housing Finance Agency (Agency) hereby provides notice of the CARES Rent Relief Program (CARES RRP). CARES RRP was established under the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub.L. No. 116-136) (act). The act established CARES RRP as an emergency response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to disburse funds to counties throughout this Commonwealth to provide financial assistance on behalf of low to moderate income renters experiencing difficulty making rent payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistance shall be made available in the form of a grant and funds will be paid directly to landlords or property owners.

 This notice changes the eligibility criteria, as well as the application submission and evaluation process first published at 50 Pa.B. 3351 (July 4, 2020) and amended at 50 Pa.B. 4822 (September 19, 2020). This notice removes language referencing execution of releases by landlords regarding releasing remaining rental balances for months when the Agency pays the landlord rental assistance. In addition, this notice identifies the timelines applicable to application submission and funding disbursement. Applications will be available on the Agency's CARES web site at https://www.phfa.org/pacares/. Participating organizations will accept CARES RRP applications beginning July 6, 2020, until November 4, 2020, in accordance with the Executive Order ''Staying the Application Deadline under the COVID Relief-Mortgage and Rental Assistance Grant Program'' issued by Governor Tom Wolf on October 5, 2020.

 The guidance contained herein amends and supersedes the previously published CARES RRP Guidelines initially published at 50 Pa.B. 3351 and first amended at 50 Pa.B. 4822, as set forth as follows. The reminder of the CARES RRP Guidelines published on July 4, 2020, and amended on September 19, 2020, not amended in this notice remain in full force and effect.

 Section 3, CARES RRP Compliance, Paragraph (b) of the existing CARES RRP Guidelines is amended to read as follows:

 (b) Property Owner Requirements. Property owners seeking CARES RRP assistance on behalf of tenant households and lessees applying for CARES RRP funding must complete and submit the necessary documents, described as follows, directly to the office/agency designated by the county:

 (i) Landlord Application.

 (ii) Landlord/Property Certification Form.

 (iii) Lessee Household Certification.

 Copies of all executed, included but not limited to all CARES RRP Landlord Application, Landlord/Property Certification Forms, Lessee Household Certifications and any other documents required by the Agency must be saved until December 31, 2025.

ROBIN L. WIESSMANN, 
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1426. Filed for public inspection October 16, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]


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