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County Launches $59 Million Rent Relief Program Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is currently accepting applications for eligible Montgomery County renters in need of financial assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis while funds are available. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the economic wellbeing of our poorest and most vulnerable renters and we must do everything in our power to ke...

By Bob Sanders - NH Business Review • Feb 16, 2021 Credit Shane Adams via Flickr/CC - http://ow.ly/OJ5Pe Can New Hampshire spend $200 million in federal money to keep people in their homes when it wasn’t able to spend $20 million last year for the same purpose? That’s the question being asked by state officials, housing activists, tenants and landlords while they wait – after the state’s Housing Relief Program ended on Dec. 18 – for the new federal Emergency Renta...

Renters in line for more relief Published: 2/15/2021 7:32:28 AM Can New Hampshire spend $200 million in federal money to keep people in their homes when it wasn’t able to spend $20 million last year for the same purpose? That’s the question being asked by state officials, housing activists, tenants and landlords while they wait – after the state’s Housing Relief Program ended on Dec. 18 – for the new federal Emergency Rental Assistance program to begin. And no one really knows the ans...

FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE: Round two of Newton’s Small Business Recovery Grant Program Community Content More financial assistance is on the way to support our small business community that has struggled so much throughout the many months of this pandemic.  We launched Newton’s Small Business Recovery Grant Program initially in May 2020 and provided $300,000 in assistance to 27 businesses from among the 100-plus applications.  This second round of the program funded by $300,000 in federal...

Community Content Struggling with housing costs? The economic fallout from the pandemic is creating tremendous pressures on some of us to pay the rent or mortgage. Here are some ways to find help or, if you are a landlord, to provide help.  Emergency Housing Assistance extended  I’m so pleased that two nights ago, the Newton Community Preservation Committee agreed to extend the City’s COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Program for a longer period. This program assists Newton households who...

With a $35 million rental-assistance program set to expire at the end of the month, local housing advocates are scrambling to make funding alternatives available to people still experiencing financial instability. The state’s Housing Relief Program, created by Gov. Chris Sununu in June, has helped renters who fell or risked falling behind on their monthly fees due to financial challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Recipients were awarded either a one-time grant of up to $2,500 or...