HAVE YOU LOST INCOME DIRECTLY DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MAKE MORTGAGE OR UTILITY PAYMENTS?

The City of Chester is partnering with Chester Community Improvement Project (CCIP) to help homeowners in the City who have been impacted financially by the Covid-19 pandemic through actions such as lay-offs, furloughs, or reduced work hours.  Qualified homeowners may apply for mortgage and/or utility assistance starting February 1, 2021.  Total mortgage assistance will be for a maximum of three (3) months capped at $4,000 per family.  Utility assistance will be for a maximum of three (3) months capped at $1,000 per family.  Eligible utilities include water, sewer, electric, gas, and stormwater.  All payments on behalf of the homeowner will be paid directly to the mortgage lender or utility provider.

Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the City of Chester.  Homeowners must live in the residence, have an income of not more than 80% of the Area Median Income as listed below by household size, be current on mortgage payments as of March 1, 2020, have homeowner’s insurance, and be up to date with County, Municipal, and School tax payments.  Other eligibility requirements may apply.

            1 Person Household - $54,150.00                 5 Person Household - $83,500.00

            2 Person Household - $61,850.00                 6 Person Household - $89,700.00

            3 Person Household - $69,600.00                 7 Person Household - $95,900.00 

            4 Person Household - $77,300.00                 8 Person Household - $102,050.00

            Households larger than 8 persons will have incomes evaluated based on the formula used to calculate the above limits.

Income is the total gross income from all sources, including but not limited to wages, social security, welfare, unemployment, interest, pensions, workers compensation, and any and all income earned by household members.

Application packages are available on the CCIP website at www.cciphousing.org.

Completed applications, along with required documents should be sent to:

 CCIP, 23 E. 5^th Street, 2^nd floor, Chester, PA 19013.

 For more information, call CCIP at 610-876-8663 or email [email protected].

(CHESTER, PA) – Chester City Councilmembers will conduct the City’s regularly scheduled Deliberative and Council Meetings for the year 2021 via Zoom. The meetings will continue to be streamed live on Facebook. 

The Deliberative Meeting dates have changed and will now take place on the same day that corresponds with the Wednesday Council Meetings.

The Deliberative/Council Meetings’ agendas for each meeting will be posted to the City’s website and Facebook page on the Tuesday before the meeting date.

Residents or taxpayers of the city of Chester who wish to provide a public comment for any meeting can submit their comment via email starting the Thursday before each meeting, until 9:45am on the meeting date. If the meeting is scheduled to take place in the evening, public comments will be accepted until 6:45pm on the meeting date.

Any person submitting a public comment must include the same information that is requested at a public meeting.  This information includes a person’s name and address. 

Email submissions can be sent to:

[email protected]

In the subject line of the email, please include:

Public Comment Submission for (insert meeting date) Council Meeting

All public comments will be read into record during the meetings.  Chester City Councilmembers will offer a response to these comments, if warranted. If a public comment is received without the requested information or if the comment is deemed inappropriate, it will not be read into record or accepted as an official submission. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

City of Chester News and Information Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/cityofchester/

Meeting times/changes are listed below: 

For more information about this release, please contact Aigner Cleveland.

None of the materials contained in this document or attached photographs therein may be altered or changed in any way without the expressed written consent of the Office of Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland Communications Department.