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 continue to face a loss of income due to COVID-19 and are struggling to pay housing costs. The CPC approved our Planning Department’s request to extend that assistance for up to eight months for qualified households.