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Update: DeSoto City Manager Brandon Wright Reports to Citizens DESOTO ENACTS WATER BILL RELIEF TO RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY WINTER STORM At the Tuesday March 2, City Council meeting, Council approved a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to provide a Winter Water Infrastructure Preservation Credit to all City of DeSoto water and sewer utility bills. The purpose of the program is to support residents and businesses from unexpected high water charges due to increased water consumption during Texa...

and last updated 2021-03-04 21:34:42-05 PEGRAM, Tenn. (WTVF) — Need a reminder of just how cold it was in February? Check your mailbox. According to NES, people used more energy in February and January. Use was up 16% in February from 2020 and in January it was up 25%. Many families are already struggling to make ends meet because of the pandemic, but there is help in southern Cheatham County at The Ark Community Resource Center. The organization runs Noahs Closet resale store at 710 Hig...

The Iowa Finance Authority announced this week the availability of an eligibility precheck for the new Iowa Rent and Utility Assistance Program, which will begin accepting full applications later this month. Pella Area Community and Economic Alliance Executive Director Karen Eischen says the program will provide financial assistance to eligible COVID-19 impacted Iowans for rent and utility costs for a period of up to 12 months. She says renters in need of assistance are encouraged to take the ...

CONCORD, NH – Gov. Chris Sununu announced a new rental assistance program through the Governors Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR) that will provide assistance to eligible residents of New Hampshire who cannot pay their rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "This program will open up doors of opportunity and help New Hampshire families who have struggled through this pandemic," said Gov. Chris Sununu. "We worked hard to open up as many channels of eligibility as pos...

Sugar Land residents who suffered a pipe break during winter storm can have their water bill adjusted Chloe Alexander © Provided by KHOU-TV Houston The City of Sugar Land is offering to adjust high water bills for residents that were impacted by the winter storm. The city said to request an adjustment, documentation of a leaking or broken pipe will be necessary.  "Residential adjustments will be made only to water and surface water charges as wastewater charges are not affect...

If you are a renter in Iowa and times have become tougher for you as a direct result of the pandemic, there's a new assistance program out there for you.

A new program is helping Mesa residents catch up on rent owed – and avoid water and electricity turnoffs. Last month, after providing $7 million in rent assistance through the Mesa CARES program, the city received an additional $15.7 million in federal funding for “Mesa residents who are financially impacted by COVID.” Two weeks into the 2021 Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program (or ERAP), 87 households received $452,000 in assistance, with $426,000 for rent owed an...

The resolution was approved unanimously by magistrates, and if the first round of funding is depleted, the county may be able to get another round of $200,000. Magistrates also approved the appointment of Matthew Baker to the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport Board. Baker will take over the seat for Tony Jones, who asked to leave the board at the beginning of the month. Kenneth Bates was also re-appointed to the board after a one-year term. Both will serve on the board through December 31, ...

With hundreds behind on rent and utilities, Mesa is moving quickly to pump out new funding assistance. In 2020, the Mesa CARES program funneled federal money to provide 1,781 families with nearly $7 million in rent assistance. The average payment per household was $3,875.  But the program ran out of funding in early December, leaving 2,000 on a waiting list just when COVID-19 started a holiday surge. Similar to the vaccine shots that boost a body’s defense, the city just received $15.7 ...

The Marthas Vineyard Times Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief Utility Assistance M.V. Center for Living is providing COVID-19 relief assistance for household utilities. — Isabel Gitten Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living will administer the funding that is now available to assist Island households experiencing severe economic hardship due to COVID-19 with heat and electric utility payments. For information and an application, contact one of the fol...