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Fayette County Residents Can Apply for State-Funded Rental Assistance Starting May 1
Starting May 1, Fayette County residents can apply for the state-funded Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). The Fayette County Community Action Agency administers this program. It's open to eligible individuals who haven't received more than 18 months of assistance before.
Study finds three Pa. counties are among those with the lowest income needed to buy a home
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A new study from ATTOM looking into home affordability found that three Pennsylvania counties were among the areas where the lowest income was needed to afford a home. It included Fayette County, Cambria County in western-central Pennsylvania, and Schuylkill County in eastern Pennsylvania. In Cambria they found to afford a median-priced home, one would have to make $14,715 and in Fayette County, one would need to be making $23,555. Meanwhile, over in Schuylkill County, it would require a salary of $20,679. Their research found that home affordability worsened across the country in this past quarter with the price of homes and average wages required jumping by 33-percent. You can check out ATTOM's work at this link.
USDA funding aids rural Maryland low-income residents
(The Center Square) – Rehabilitating homes for low-income rural Maryland residents is the focus of a new federal investment. Ten Maryland communities will use their portions of $102 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant funds to rehabilitate homes for underserved rural people in an effort to develop or improve essential public services and facilities. Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced the grant funding to 263 projects that...
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