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HARRISBURG — It was late August, just past noon, and time was running out. Bryce Maretzki was in charge of a $150 million effort to keep Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable tenants in their homes. By now, the problems he had predicted, weeks earlier, were undeniable. There was too much red tape. The money was barely moving. Phone calls and emails from desperate tenants were flooding in and the program that was meant to save them was a mess. It was a mess that Maretzki, a senior official at the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, had to make the best of — even as he vented to a colleague, th...

A Spotlight PA review of thousands of emails PA reveals the program was doomed to fail from the start.

LebTown February 16, 2021 11 min read Unlike other tenants, Michael Salemno, 44, of Reading, had a landlord willing to work with him to apply for the state's first batch of rent relief. But they never heard anything back. (Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer) This article is shared with LebTown by content partner Spotlight PA. By Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — It was late August, just past noon, and time was running out. Advertisement Bryce Maretzki was in charge of a $150 million effort to keep Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable tenants in their homes...

The inside story of how Pennsylvania failed to deliver millions in coronavirus rent relief Editor's Note HARRISBURG — It was late August, just past noon, and time was running out. Bryce Maretzki was in charge of a $150 million effort to keep Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable tenants in their homes. Coronavirus Coverage By now, the problems he had predicted, weeks earlier, were undeniable. There was too much red tape. The money was barely moving. Phone calls and emails from desperate tenants were flooding in and the program that was meant to save them was a mess. It was a mess that Ma...

WHYY By Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PAFebruary 15, 2021 Unlike other tenants, Michael Salemno, 44, of Reading, Pa., had a landlord willing to work with him to apply for the state's first batch of rent relief. But they never heard back. (Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer) This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. ___ Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. It was late August, just past noon,...