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<br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />Duane Hosaka <br /> Housing Administrator <br /> <br />Roy Takemoto <br />Managing Director <br />Alisa A. Hanselman <br /> Assistant Housing Administrator <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br /> <br />Deputy Managing Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of Housing and Community Development <br />1990 Kino‘ole Street, Suite 102 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 • (808) 961-8379 • Fax (808) 961-8685 <br />Existing Housing: (808) 959-4642 • Fax (808) 959-9308 <br />Kona: (808) 323-4300 • Fax (808) 323-4301 <br /> <br /> <br />June 26, 2020 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Hawaiʻi County and Hope Services Provide Emergency Rent and Mortgage <br />Assistance to Hawaii Island residents impacted by Covid-19 <br /> <br /> <br />Through a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) <br />funds, the County of Hawai‘i’s Office of Housing and Community Development in <br />partnership with Hope Services Hawai‘i, Inc., is launching an Emergency Rent and <br />Mortgage Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to eligible households <br />whose income has been impacted by Covid-19. <br /> <br />This program will provide a one-time rent or mortgage payment not to exceed $2,000 for <br />eligible households at or below 80% of the area median income who were affected by <br />Covid-19. Information on the qualifications and requirements of the program is <br />available online at www.hopeserviceshawaii.org/RMAP. Applications will be accepted <br />online or by phone starting July 1, 2020. <br /> <br />“Our Thank You to the staff of the County’s Office of Housing and Community <br />Development, who have worked on this proposal since March and finally received <br />approval in late May,” said Mayor Harry Kim. “Mahalo to Hope Services for continuing <br />to be a great partner in helping those in need.” <br /> <br />“The County is pursuing other financial grants, and information about eligibility will be <br />made available when we receive it,” Mayor Kim said. <br /> <br />For questions regarding this Emergency Rent and Mortgage Assistance Program, <br />please visit the website at www.hopeserviceshawaii.org/RMAP or contact Hope <br />Services Hawai‘i, Inc. at 935-3050 or RMAP@hopeserviceshawaii.org Monday to Friday <br />from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. <br /> <br />15743caah <br />