139 Scroggin Park
Georgetown, KY 40324
502-863-3773
fax 502-863-3771
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2021 July Newsletter

PAYING YOUR RENT ON-LINE

Step 1: To create an account go to www.gtownha.org . Log into the Resident Portal and navigate to www.My.HousingManager.com

Once your account is established you’ll be able to pay your rent & utilities. All Security Deposits must be paid at the office.

Step 2: Once you’re logged into the Resident Portal, you’ll be able to establish a payment method. Once the payment method is established you’ll be taken back to the Rent & Payments menu on the Resident Portal.

Once a payment method is established online, the Resident Portal will save the payment method.  To change the payment method, select the “Payment Methods” link on the top of the webpage.

Once the payment is submitted you’ll see a confirmation that your payment was successfully submitted.  Thereafter, log out.


MAINTENANCE UNIT ACCESS

Maintenance must be able to enter your unit June 06 2021 – June 09, 2021 for housekeeping inspection, water meter readings, smoke alarm inspections, and air filter changes. Storm doors must be unlocked.


BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION

Funding still available. The average amount paid for utilities on your behalf is a one-time amount of $200.00. No walk-ins; you must have an appointment with Community Action.


MOWING

If Maintenance or the mowers have to move or clean around your unit to mow, or can’t mow, your account will be charged a fee.


EVICTION RELIEF FUND RENT HELP

You may still apply for help with your rent at the Healthy at Home Eviction Relief Fund (HHERF) website at:  teamkyhherf.ky.gov.


EVICTION MORATORIM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signed a FINAL extension of the residential evictions due to non-payment of rent through July 31, 2021.


OUTSTANDING RENT DUE

You are obligated to pay any outstanding rent balances as a provision of your lease with the Housing Authority.

If you have not made a repayment agreement with the Housing Authority or applied for funds to assist you, you should do so before the end of July 2021.

Failure to become current in your rent and/or enter into a repayment agreement with the Housing Authority by July 31, 2021 will result in the Housing Authority’s decision to take legal possession of the unit you occupy.


REPORTING CHANGES

Changes in your income, household composition and assets must be reported – in writing, to the Housing Authority via a fax (502- 863-3771), through the USPS mail service, or placed in the lobby drop box within 10 days of the change.


GREAT CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH DAY

An outreach event hosted by GCHS staff to connect with GCHS students and families in your neighborhood has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 21, 2021.

There will be food, games, activities, and school information. All GCHS students and families are welcomed.

The approximate times that GCHS staff will be loading and unloading at each location is:

Georgetown Estates       10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Scroggins Park               11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Northern Heights            12:30 p.m. –  1:30 p.m.


HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (SECTION 8) & PUBLIC HOUSING WAITING LISTS

The waiting lists for the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) and Public Housing programs will re-open during July 2021.

Please contact the office and/or check the Georgetown News-Graphic newspaper for additional details.