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NEWLAND – A special joint meeting was held with the Avery County Board of Education and the Avery County Commissioners on Nov. 29 in the County Commissioners boardroom in order

Nonprofit Hosting Hub To Connect Tulsa Tenants With Agencies Offering Financial Help While the Biden administration has temporarily extended the eviction moratorium, Tulsa nonprofit Iron Gate is hosting a hub to connect tenants facing eviction with several agencies that can help them pay their bills. "Something that has been in the works for a while, this is obviously a crisis that has brought an opportunity,” Restore Hope Ministries Executive Director Jeff Jaynes said. It’s an opportunity...

Programs Available For Tulsa Tenants As Eviction Moratorium Nears Expiration Even though the CDC eviction moratorium is ending this weekend, there is help available to help tenants pay rent and utilities, so they wont have to worry about evictions. Nonprofits like Restore Hope Ministries said just because the federal moratorium is ending, doesnt mean assistance is. Landlord Scott Gordon hasnt evicted anyone since the start of the pandemic. He said with so much help out there, he doesnt see any...

Credit Lori Decter Wright The City of Tulsa and housing nonprofits are still trying to relocate residents of an apartment complex near 61st and Memorial a city councilor described as being like a "third-world" country. Between moving costs, security deposits, temporary hotel stays and other relocation costs, relocating everyone left at Vista Shadow Mountain could cost more than $600,000. Under the latest Treasury Department guidance, its possible some of the city’s Emergency Rental Assistance...

Amid housing crisis, the federal govt. banned evictions. Landlords are finding loopholes. Bracey Harris © Provided by NBC News On March 26, a sheriff’s deputy walked up to a one-story brick home in a suburb of North Tulsa, Oklahoma, and told the woman inside it was time to leave. She called Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma in a panic. Eric Hallett, the attorney on the phone, instructed her to grab important documents and medicine. There was a chance she wouldn’t be allowed t...

New Tulsa Program To Distribute $20M For Utility, Rent Relief The City of Tulsa and Tulsa County are launching a new program to distribute $20 million in federal relief money to help people with utilities and rent. Restore Hope Ministries said this is to help residents with past due rent and utilities, and future rent up to three months. Restore Hope Executive Director Jeff Jaynes said theyve already helped nearly 4,200 Tulsa County residents over the last year, totaling $4 million in aid. "T...

Nonprofit Awaits COVID-19 Relief Funds To Help Serve At-Risk Families Restore Hope Ministries in Tulsa says it still hasnt received funding from the new COVID-19 relief bill and it’s hurting those who need it. 2020 was the biggest year for the nonprofit in terms of rent assistance. It gave out $3.5 million, and a lot of that money came from the CARES Act. The new COVID-19 relief bill includes $25 billion in emergency rent assistance and extends the use of funds from the CARES Act another ye...

Rent Assistance Nonprofit Must Spend Federal Funds Before End Of Month Restore Hope Ministries is going through thousands of applications for rent assistance as a major deadline approaches. Officials have to spend the COVID-19 relief money by Wednesday, Dec. 30. Restore Hope Ministries has helped with rent assistance for 25 years. Executive director Jeff Jaynes said last year they paid $305,000 to help people stay in their homes.  “’Honestly,’ I said, ‘that’s not sustainable.’ We ...