Description

UESF provides back utility, back and ongoing rent, back and ongoing mortgage, fuel oil and security deposit assistance to eligible persons.  Individuals are referred to the program through UESF’s existing programs and through ongoing outreach to organizations throughout the city serving people with disabilities.

 

To be considered for assistance, an individual/family must:

  Be a Philadelphia resident;

  Have suffered a hardship as a result of a catastrophic medical event in the immediate family resulting from a natural disaster, a national    

     emergency, or a personal or family crisis beyond an individual’s control;

  Have a household income at or below 175% of the Federal Poverty Level; higher income levels can be approved in exceptional cases.