Landlords get CARES Act funds for COVID aid
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LAKELAND, Fla. – Assistance is on the way in which for landlords whose tenants haven’t paid lease due to COVID-19. Polk County simply received $9 million in federal cash to throw them a lifeline.
Many tenants have fallen behind on their lease as a result of they’ve misplaced their jobs or had their hours minimize because of the pandemic.
In Polk County alone, an estimated 20,000 renters are in arrears. In consequence, life has been a battle for a lot of landlords as effectively.
“It places them in debt, and it places me in debt, as a result of in the event that they don’t have any monies from the rents, I don’t obtain any administration charges,” D.J. Delgado informed FOX 13.
Delgado, the proprietor of Bosun Properties in North Lakeland, manages near 170 rental items.
“It has been robust,” she informed FOX 13. “I’ve one landlord who just about needed to promote two of his properties to have the ability to survive.”
Beginning Wednesday, Polk County goes to start accepting purposes from landlords who’re owed again lease.
They can stand up to $7,000 in again lease for every tenant.
Nevertheless, the tenant has to offer paperwork documenting that they’re in monetary scorching water due to COVID-19.
Purposes are going to open Wednesday, February 17, and shut on Monday, March 1.
“So it is just going to be 11 days that will probably be open,” warned Tamara West, Polk County’s Housing and Neighborhood Improvement supervisor.
Purposes might be reviewed on a first-come, first-served foundation.
Particulars are anticipated to be on the county’s web site, https://polk-county.net/, beginning Tuesday afternoon.
