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UniteCT is funded by Connecticut’s $235 million share of the $25 billion Congress appropriated for emergency rental and utility assistance in December’s stimulus package. Congress recently appropriated an additional $21.55 billion for rental and utility assistance and $10 billion for homeowner assistance, as well as $4.5 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and $500 million to assist low-income households that pay a high proportion of their income for drinking water and wastewater services, as part of the American Rescue Plan.
UniteCT will aid the state in promoting housing stability during the pandemic by:
- Supporting renters facing eviction before the pandemic ($5 million)
- Rehousing people exiting homelessness or incarceration ($5.8 million)
- Providing temporary short-term rental assistance ($26.7 million)
- Availability of mortgage relief to homeowners ($10 million)
- Supporting renters excluded from federal assistance because of their or their loved ones’ immigration status ($3 million)
- Providing homeowners additional time to file property taxes
- Working with local financial institutions to provide mortgage forbearance
- Issuing and extending one of the nation’s strongest and longest-lasting eviction moratoriums. (The Eviction Lab at Princeton University gives Connecticut the third-highest score in the country for that work.)
Homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage or facing foreclosure proceedings should consider the resources available through the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Last month, the Biden-Harris administration announced an extended opportunity to apply for up to 18 months of mortgage payment forbearance through programs Congress created in the CARES Act. |
