Housing support program gets revamp

The emergency housing assistance program through which the State of Wyoming has offered help to citizens facing eviction or the loss of their mortgage due to the global pandemic has received a revamp to make it easier for those in need to access assistance. According to Scott Hoversland, executive director of the Wyoming Community Development Authority (WCDA), flaws in the program were causing too many applications to get denied.

The Wyoming Emergency Housing Assistance Program (WEHAP) has been up and running since June 4. Since that time, said Hovrsland, only around half the applications have...