In case you missed it - Massachusetts Doubled Rent Relief and Foreclosure Prevention Resources!
Last week, Gov. Baker announced the near-doubling of resources available to families impacted by the COVID-19 health crisis and are behind on their rent or mortgage payments.
With the launch of the Emergency Rental and Mortgage Assistance (ERMA) program, which builds upon the popular and effective Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program, Metro Housing and our regional partners across the state now have resources to help families with incomes up to 80 percent of the area median. For a family of three in the Boston region that level is $86,650. The previous limit with RAFT was 50 percent of area median income.
The need for assistance is clear as Metro Housing distributed more than $1 million in RAFT assistance in the month of June alone, more than any other month in the history of the program.
For more information about RAFT and ERMA, and to read the press release, see the links below: