Escambia County Launching Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program On July 20

July 16, 2022

Escambia County will launch the Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program Wednesday, July 20.

The program is designed to provide assistance for homeowners struggling to pay mortgages or utilities due to COVID-19. Funded under the Community Development Block Grant Corona Virus Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, eligible households may receive assistance of up to but not exceeding three months’ costs, or $8,000.

Applications will be available by clicking here beginning July 20.

Emergency mortgage assistance may be provided to eligible Escambia County residents and families under the following conditions:

  • The property must not be listed for sale
  • The household must have been financially impacted by COVID-19
  • The homeowner must have homestead exemption
  • The property must be located in Escambia County outside of the City of Pensacola limits
  • The household must not have received additional mortgage assistance

Payments will be made directly to the lending institutions and utility companies. In order to apply for the program, residents must provide documentation to determine eligibility, including qualifying COVID-19 impact or financial hardship; proof of identification for applicant/co-applicant and all household members over 18; and current proof of income for all household members. Households will be able to apply for mortgage assistance beginning Wednesday, July 20.

Click here for additional program requirements.

Citizens may use the computers at the following public libraries to complete their application:

  • Century Branch Library – 7991 N. Century Blvd., Century
  • Molino Branch Library – 6450-A Hwy. 95A, Molino
  • Tryon Branch Library – 1200 Langley Ave., Pensacola
  • Genealogy Branch Library – 5740 N. Ninth Ave., Pensacola
  • Pensacola Library – 239 N. Spring St., Pensacola
  • Southwest Branch Library – 12248 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola
  • Westside Branch Library – 1301 W. Gregory St., Pensacola

Once the portal opens July 20,  a call center will be available Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (850) 595-0022. For more information, email at EMAP@MyEscambia.com.

Comments

7 Responses to “Escambia County Launching Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program On July 20”

  1. Tangela S. Howard on July 28th, 2022 11:57 am

    Good morning! I applied for the Care Act Emergency Mortgage Assistance and they assisted me with my mortgage 2 years ago September 2020 to December 2020. So, 2 years later this program came available so I applied for assistance I need an income form and W9 from my mortgage company. Now! this morning I check my email and it states that I am ineligible because I received assistance 2 years ago. The program did not state any assistance from 2 years ago!

    Tangela Howard

  2. Dorothy Robinson on July 26th, 2022 3:15 pm

    I’m in need of help to completing the HAL application to qualify for help with mortgage.
    Please contact as soon as possible.
    Thank you kindly!

  3. Gwen on July 18th, 2022 1:55 pm

    We had COVID in February and did at home COVID tests which were positive. I called my children’s dr and was told to quarantine for 5 days and I don’t think the nurse recorded it. We didn’t even call our own doctors. My husband took off two weeks. Unfortunately their is no official record of us having COVID anywhere. We did fall behind because of that and could use the assistance but wow, the requirements for this are tough.

  4. Scott on July 17th, 2022 10:31 am

    There are plenty of Jobs out there and no shortage of companies eager to hire. Kind of a waste of of tax dollars. But… I am pretty sure there will also be no shortage of “victims” eager to put their hands out and take.

  5. Josh Jones on July 17th, 2022 10:22 am

    @Dave

    This program is very specific in who these funds are designated for – people who were negatively financially affected by Covid. It’ll take some specifics to ensure that the funds are getting to those folks targeted and not others who may try to get at the funds but are not qualified.

    Unfortunately, there are those who might try to obtain these funds but are not qualified, per the specifics of the program. There are other programs designed to help folks who need assistance.

  6. Alice mcneil on July 16th, 2022 12:48 pm

    There are those of us who of oldage on fix income who sufferd the impact of cov19.but we struggled and paid our bills. Those this make us ineligible for assistance. Do we not qualified, our struggle was as really. Thank you for reading this. God’s blessings upon you.

  7. Dave Coleson on July 16th, 2022 9:32 am

    Holy smokes Escambia County. Wiith all those requirements, you’d think the money was coming out of the commissioners annuity plans.

    There’s less requirements to be the president my goodness.

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