ICYMI: “We Should Have Done This Years Ago:” Governor Shapiro Touts Plans to Expand the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program and Provide a Lifeline for Pennsylvanians in Erie

I’m trying ahead to having a bit extra in my pocket” … “This blessing is a godsend. For many of us, it’s a mode of survival” … “The property tax and hire rebate program clearly has wanted an replace for some time” … “A difficulty my district can not cease speaking about”

Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday, Governor Josh Shapiro visited the Erie West Senior Middle to focus on his price range’s proposed enlargement of the Property Tax/Lease Rebate (PTRR) program to offer a lifeline for Pennsylvania seniors, renters, and householders and assist them keep of their properties as they face inflation and rising prices.

Governor Shapiro’s price range proposal raises the utmost rebate for seniors from $650 to $1,000, will increase the earnings cap for renters and householders to $45,000 a 12 months, and ties the cap to will increase in the price of residing. Beneath the Governor’s plan, practically 175,000 extra Pennsylvanians will qualify for the PTRR program and most of the 400,000 individuals who already qualify will see their rebates practically double. 

Learn what Pennsylvanians are saying about Governor Shapiro’s plan to broaden the PTRR program.

Erie West Senior Middle Member and Volunteer Jim Crosby: “I wish to inform all people how a lot the seniors are appreciating the hire rebate. I do know lots of the seniors live in senior housing, they usually’re residing on minimal social safety. So this provides us a bit additional spending cash every so often. It helps with our co-pays, we will take the shuttle for non-emergency rides and exit purchasing, go to totally different appointments we wish to make. And it simply so useful. I actually respect and I’m trying ahead to having a bit extra in my pocket. I respect the Governor for coming right here and representing us.”

Erie West Senior Middle Member and Volunteer Kelly Minns: “I’d prefer to thank Governor Shapiro and different dignitaries for visiting us in Erie at the moment. I’m used to being informed that I make $25 over the allotted quantity for many senior advantages, so I really feel blessed to be given the privilege of receiving this once-a-year stipend. It’s a godsend that at all times comes at an ideal time. So whether or not I repay a invoice this 12 months, get tires for my automotive, or simply determine to deal with myself to a pleasant dinner annually, this blessing is a godsend. For many of us, it’s a mode of survival.”  

Danny Jones, Better Erie Neighborhood Motion Committee CEO: “If you hear from people who find themselves impacted by it, it makes a big distinction and a girl simply informed me the opposite day that she went over by $25 and due to that she couldn’t get the $600 rebate, so she needed to make some selections on what invoice to pay.”

Sen. Dan Laughlin: “The property tax and hire rebate program clearly has wanted an replace for some time. I can inform you that we want property tax aid for the seniors on this group, and actually, frankly, throughout Pennsylvania. Many seniors are being compelled out of their properties prematurely, merely due to taxes, so we have to handle that on a broader scale as properly. And I feel we will get there. Governor Shapiro has been very affordable to work with. I’ve expressed a few of the points that now we have in Erie County, and he and I’ve been engaged on these points collectively. And I sit up for working with him on this downside as properly.”

Rep. Pat Harkins: “It’s been [Governor Shapiro] who has steered us in the correct path. He’s not letting us down proper now. I count on larger and brighter issues from him going ahead, however simply to have these points addressed for working folks – put the cash again within the working folks’s pockets, put the cash again within the seniors’ pockets, they’re those that spend it. They’re those that drive the financial system. It’s one thing that we should handle and now we have to deal with. And as Senator Laughlin stated, we work in a bipartisan vogue and method on lots of these items. And that’s how we get issues performed for folks.”

Rep. Steve Samuelson: “I’m thrilled that Gov. Shapiro has made this a precedence. We must always have performed this years in the past.”

Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver stated the potential for an enlargement was “a problem my district can not cease speaking about.”

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