
Jason N. Peters
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Only a third of CARES Act housing relief went to PA residents. The rest went to the state budget.
Of 75k people who applied to the PHFA program, fewer than 27k got assistance.

Less than a week before deadline, Wells Fargo relents on pandemic mortgage relief
Philly homeowners were approved for CARES Act aid, only to get rejection letters from the bank — which then reversed its position (again).

Millions in PA pandemic mortgage relief may go unclaimed by Nov 4 deadline
Republican leaders in Harrisburg refused to vote on a fix for the CARES Act program.
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‘This is the first time it was to my face’: Gisele Fetterman talks about racist attack at Aldi
The supermarket chain says the woman who used the slur is banned from its stores.

Wolf extends deadline for millions in pandemic rent and mortgage relief, but will banks participate?
Legislation in Harrisburg aims to fix structural flaws in the state CARES Act programs.

Philly’s largest bank flip-flops on mortgage assistance, leaving homeowners hanging
Wells Fargo, which recently settled a predatory loan lawsuit, reversed a decision to pull out of Pa.’s CARES Act program.