HECH Rental Assistance

Eastham Rental AssistanceWith funds from The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod Charitable Foundation Trust, HECH administers a Rental Assistance Program to income qualified households on Cape Cod. HECH is currently accepting applications for this program.

The HECH Rental Assistance Program provides financial assistance for individuals and families facing rent arrears. This assistance is designed to help residents attain stability, secure their housing, and pursue self-sufficiency.

Applications for the rental assistance program are accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Applicants must be year-round residents of Cape Cod and not be receiving any other rental subsidy or voucher. Combined household income must be at or below HUD’s 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) for Barnstable County and spend 30% or more of their annual income on rent.

Please check the Income Table to be sure that your household income is within the guidelines. Household income includes earned and unearned income received by all members of your household who are 18 and older. Income earned by full-time students is excluded.

“I am a newly single mother of a one-year-old child and have been receiving rental assistance for a few months now. I work, am college-educated and consider myself to be a very responsible adult, but my living situation changed quickly and unexpectedly.

Since having my child I have only been able to work part-time, for two reasons in particular. First, childcare is very expensive and placement is difficult to find. Secondly, until recently my child’s father and I took turns watching her, and his full-time work schedule only allowed for me to have part-time availability. The money that I brought home paid for groceries, and I never imagined that I’d have to find a way for that same amount to also cover rent and utilities. When full responsibility for my daughter was given to me, I had to scramble to find housing and another form of childcare so that I could continue to work. A family member agreed to help watch after my child, but the amount of time that this has allowed me to work has not changed.

Housing, let alone affordable housing, is very difficult to find. It became even more difficult to convince somebody to rent to me as the single parent of a young child with one limited income. Finally, when I found a suitable place with a reasonable rent, that amount of money was still too significant for me to be able to manage on my own. Rental assistance allowed us the opportunity to move and to do so constructively. I am able to focus on raising my daughter rather than scrambling to resolve a housing crisis and prioritizing bills.

In the time that I am able to benefit from it, I will be able to reconstruct our lives and become more self-sufficient. Now, we are stable and well-adjusted and it is largely because of this invaluable resource”.

-Jane, HECH Rental Assistance Recipient

 

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Applications are reviewed “First come, First review.”

 

Be sure to read the directions for completing the application very carefully! Do not leave blanks. If not applicable, write “n/a” or “0”.

Incomplete applications or those that do not include all necessary documentation will not be processed

For information or questions contact Martha Person at 508-432-0015 ext. 102

Please Return Applications to HECH, PO Box 638, Harwich, MA 02671

Thank you to our sponsor!

The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod Charitable Foundation Trust

HARWICH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL FOR HOUSING
120 ROUTE 28, 3RD FLOOR
P.O. BOX 638
WEST HARWICH, MA. 02671

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PHONE: (508) 432-0015
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