During an event at the state capitol, Adam Goldman, a housing counselor at the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, urged the state to do more to get financial assistance people who've applied to the state's pandemic mortgage relief program. Jelani Splawn for Spotlight PA

HARRISBURG — Thousands of Pennsylvania homeowners who have been waiting months for help from a troubled state mortgage relief program are stuck in limbo — again.

Their situation is a consequence of the state’s efforts to fix the program, which launched in February 2022 with $350 million in federal pandemic aid to help homeowners catch up on their bills, but has been hamstrung by internal problems.

“We need to make sure no one loses their home while they’re waiting for help,” said Rachel Labush, an attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, at an event at the state Capitol on Tuesday.

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