Bristol Gets Money For Eviction Relief

BRISTOL, PA — Bristol Township will get almost $310,000, and Bucks County another $2.8 million, in federal grants for areas at risk of big numbers of evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced that Pennsylvania will receive more than $1.9 billion in community development block grants, funded by the CARES Act, for eviction relief. Bristol will get $309,843 and Bucks County will get $2,794,491.

"Many Americans have lost their jobs during this pandemic and are facing the possibility of being evicted, through no fault of their own," Casey said in a news release. "This funding is essential to providing support for Pennsylvanians who need temporary financial assistance to pay rent and weather the eviction crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has created.

"I was proud to advocate for Pennsylvania to receive $1.988 billion in new Community Development Block Grants and I will continue to fight for additional assistance to prevent evictions."

The grants focus money on places with households that are at higher risk of eviction. They can be used to help pay up to six months rent in communities:

• with high rates of people in industries with high job-loss in states with high unemployment
• with high rates of businesses in industries with high job-loss in states with high unemployment
• with concentrations of those most at-risk for transmission and risk of eviction, with higher amounts for states with high rates of coronavirus