Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA
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Demand Is Set to Swamp Pa.’s Whole-Home Repairs Program as Some Rural Counties Are Left Out
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Homeowners in three rural Pa. counties can’t receive funds from a new home repair grant program, after local officials opted out.
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Pa. Is Sitting on Billions in Unclaimed Property. This Bill Would Get Some of It Back to Its Owners
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State Treasurer Stacy Garrity has proposed legislation that would allow Pa. to automatically return some unclaimed money to people with no action required on their part.
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Proposal to Update Ailing Pa. Rent, Property Tax Rebate Program Would Reverse Decade of Decline
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Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed increasing rent and property tax rebate amounts and raising the income limits to make an additional 173,000 people eligible.
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Switch to Pa.’s Corporate Filing System Led to Backlog and Longer Waits for Business Owners
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The delays caused problems for new businesses, which need the paperwork to open a bank account, enter contracts and more.
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Thousands of Homeowners Still at Risk as Pa. Alleges Improper Denials, Delays in Mortgage Relief
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A Spotlight PA investigation in January detailed major problems with the pandemic aid effort. The state now says the company hired to run it botched management of the program from the start.
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Budget Negotiations Will Determine Fate of Shrinking Rebate Program for Older Pennsylvanians
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The number of people eligible for rent and property tax rebates will keep shrinking due to inflation unless Gov. Josh Shapiro and the state legislature can agree on a fix.
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Pa. Takes over Troubled Mortgage Relief Program from Contractor After Complaints, Backlogs
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Officials in Pennsylvania have temporarily halted applications for mortgage, utility, and tax relief as they make the transition.
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How Pennsylvania Homeowners Can Apply for Mortgage and Utility Assistance
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The Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund can help people who fell behind on mortgage and utility bills because of the pandemic — but be prepared for a monthslong wait.
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Thousands of Pa. Homeowners Feel Stuck in a High-Stakes Game of Telephone with Their Homes, Vital Utilities on the Line
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Backlogs and bottlenecks have dragged out wait times for a $350 million Pennsylvania mortgage relief program.
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Pa. Election 2022: Where Governor Candidates Mastriano, Shapiro Stand on the Gas Tax, Business Regulations and Property Taxes
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There’s not much that Pennsylvania’s next governor can do to directly tackle inflation or its underlying causes, but he can help blunt the impact that rising prices has on residents.