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An ongoing investigation into Pennsylvania's failure to help families at risk of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic.

In most of Pennsylvania, there are no formal rules to protect tenants from ending up in court during the often months-long wait for assistance.

Why $1 billion in rent relief isn’t keeping some Pa. tenants safe from eviction

by Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA

While a long-feared wave of evictions hasn’t come to pass, a lack of coordination between programs and courts leaves some renters in a pinch.

Stacey Horrocks (seen here at her home in Boyertown) applied for rent relief in March, but her application stalled in April when Berks County’s program began trying to contact her landlord, Rose Gross.

Thousands of Pa. households still waiting for rental relief as eviction ban nears its end

by Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA

The federal eviction moratorium lifts July 31.

WATCH: A free panel on what we know about evictions and rental assistance in Pennsylvania.

by Spotlight PA Staff

Unlike other tenants, Michael Salemno, 44, of Reading, had a landlord willing to work with him to apply for the state's first batch of rent relief. But they never heard anything back.

The inside story of how Pennsylvania failed to deliver millions in coronavirus rent relief

by Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania barely spent one-third of $175 million rent and mortgage relief funds through CARES Act money, despite applications from hundreds of thousands of tenants and landlords to use it.

Pa. misses deadline to spend $108M in rent, mortgage relief from CARES Act

by Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA

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