Olympia hosts town hall on rent relief, mortgage resources

“Rental/Housing/Mortgage Relief and Resources” is the title of the Olympia City Council’s virtual town hall meeting set for 4 p.m. Wednesday.

It will be hosted by the city council’s Land Use and Environment Committee. The moderated panel will include Cary Retlin, the city’s Home Fund manager; Jennifer Arnold, vice president and residential lending manager at Olympia Federal Savings; Kirsten York, director of Family Services for the Community Action Council of Lewis, Mason and Thurston counties; and Craig Chance, executive director of the Housing Authority of Thurston County.

Topics will include:

• Options for mortgage holders whose payments are impacted by COVID-19.
• Options for renters whose payments are impacted by COVID-19.
• Options for Housing Authority renters and tenants whose incomes have been impacted by COVID-19.
• What the city has been doing to support households whose incomes are impacted by the crisis.

Attendees will be able to submit questions live through a moderator during the event. Residents must register to attend at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YUmI-tK-SZuQbk1hKwoqhg

For more information, contact the City of Olympia at cityhall@ci.olympia.wa.us.