Residents of Pittsburgh with outstanding debt on their water utilities can see it forgiven over a 24-month period.
Instituted by Pittsburgh’s water authority, certain customers have already been enrolled as of September, and need only keep up with monthly payments to see pre-September outstanding debt gradually forgiven.
Called the Arrearage Forgiveness Program, Pittsburgh Water recently updated and improved the program, while some 4,300 city households living below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line were automatically enrolled.
If such a household had, by September 1st, outstanding debt—$1,000, for example—they can see that total entirely erased if they begin meeting payment…