eviction moratorium

Data from Cornell University researchers shows eviction rates haven’t just returned to pre-pandemic levels; they’ve largely exceeded them.

Since mid-February, Binghamton's code enforcement office and the Broome County Supreme Court have continued to order Ritter to restore water service to the second-floor apartment.

While the number of eviction cases heard in courts has increased, the number of people displaced has not reached the level housing services providers expected.

“Even though the funding is on pause, the legal protections remain for folks."

“We’re hopeful to get another $500 million,” Hochul told reporters in Johnson City on Monday.

I want to kind of let governor-to-be Hochul kind of get her sea legs and we'll go from there.”

Residents eligible for the city’s rental assistance program must have experienced a COVID-19-related hardship, such as a loss of income or employment since March 2020 and earn either equal to or less than 50 percent of the Area Median Income.

As of June, Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services said it had distributed $133 million in Emergency Rental Assistance program money to more than 30,500 households across the state.

“I’m at 70 percent of my normal collections. So it’s kind of hard to pay the bills when you’re collecting only 70 percent of your rents.”

“We can provide all the rental assistance in the world, if there’s no actual home to put someone in, then there’s no roof to put over someone’s head."