A Pa. mortgage-relief program, closed for more than a year to resolve a backlog, will reopen in March, officials say is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania.
The program will have an estimated $46 million remaining for new applicants, said Scott Elliott, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, which runs the effort. That’s enough to cover roughly 3,350 more homeowners, according to a Spotlight PA analysis based on the average amount of assistance awarded so far.
After the state took over from the company originally hired to run the Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund last spring, homeowners with pending applications had to register in a new system before they could receive assistance. Applicants who still have not yet done so have until Feb. 23, or their applications will be withdrawn, Elliott said. They will be able to reapply when the program opens again, but will not receive priority over other applicants.