{"id":3695,"date":"2021-07-08T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.235.7.55\/?post_type=news-items&p=3695"},"modified":"2022-11-05T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T14:45:05","slug":"more-than-1-million-distributed-to-help-prevent-evictions-in-oakland-county","status":"publish","type":"news-items","link":"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/more-than-1-million-distributed-to-help-prevent-evictions-in-oakland-county\/","title":{"rendered":"More than $1 Million Distributed to Help Prevent Evictions in Oakland County"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Funds are still available to help local renters who need COVID-19 emergency help.<\/i><\/big><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The COVID-19 pandemic hit local families hard and many households are still struggling with basic needs like food, rent and utilities. Lighthouse is partnering with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) to provide rent and utility assistance through MSHDA\u2019s COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) program. The federal rent aid program is designed to help tenants and landlords prevent evictions.<\/p>\n

In just two months, Lighthouse distributed more than $1 million in CERA funds, helping nearly 300 people stay in their homes even while they\u2019re struggling financially because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can sleep better at night, you can wake up and not feel like the whole world is coming down, you can breathe,\u201d said one local recipient of CERA funding who asked to remain anonymous. \u201cYou can actually take a step back and focus on what you\u2019re going to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the pandemic, her job in the beauty industry took a major hit. Social distancing restrictions cut back the number of days the business was open, and many clients stopped coming in. The recipient first connected with Lighthouse on a recommendation from her utility company because she was struggling to pay her electric bill. When she first heard about the program, she thought it was too good to be true.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just think that it\u2019s far-fetched to think that somebody would be willing to help you for an extended period of time,\u201d she said. \u201c2020 and COVID was so unexpected that it set a lot of people back. I\u2019m definitely thankful to get some help while I try to figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

A federal mortarium on evictions that was set to expire at the end of June was recently extended by the Centers for Disease control and Prevention one last time through July 31. That gives tenants more time to apply for the CERA program and funds are still available.<\/p>\n

CERA serves renter households with incomes less than 80% of the area median Income and who:<\/p>\n

\u2022 have qualified for unemployment benefits or experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced other financial hardship due directly or indirectly to the coronavirus outbreak; and
\n\u2022 can demonstrate a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability evidenced by a past due utility or rent notice<\/p>\n

Applicants need to provide documentation of their financial situation. A full list of requirements can be found\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>on the MSHDA website. Click\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>to apply to CERA. The process only takes about 15 minutes!<\/p>\n

Jessie Polito, Director of Emergency Services for Lighthouse, has seen the impact of CERA in the community firsthand. So many people have struggled to stay employed during the pandemic, stayed home to help children with virtual schooling, lacked access to PPE in hazardous jobs, or had shifts cut in industries with limited indoor capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople supported each other, covering costs for family members to keep each other afloat,\u201d she said. \u201cThis program is designed to identify those who\u2019ve been impacted by the pandemic and to help them recover and maintain housing. Lighthouse is here to assist the community in many ways and we are proud to be part of this program.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":3696,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news_categories":[128],"class_list":["post-3695","news-items","type-news-items","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_categories-eviction-prevention"],"acf":{"photo_gallery":{"gallery":[[]]}},"yoast_head":"\nMore than $1 Million Distributed to Help Prevent Evictions in Oakland County - Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/more-than-1-million-distributed-to-help-prevent-evictions-in-oakland-county\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More than $1 Million Distributed to Help Prevent Evictions in Oakland County - Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Funds are still available to help local renters who need COVID-19 emergency help. 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