Rental assistance helps sustain authority budget

Rental assistance helps sustain authority budget

SHARON – Mercer County Housing Authority officials are happy with the financial situation in their first budget since the authority converted its public housing program to a new funding scheme.

With guaranteed income from the federal government for 20 years under the Rental Assistance Demonstration program – without having to wait to see what Congress appropriates every year – officials established a $4.2 million spending plan that shows good cash flow and money to be put aside for future maintenance projects, they said.

“I’m so excited because it worked out so well for us,” Executive Director Nannette Livadas told the authority […]

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