Check your eligibility for direct payments worth from $250 and $975 that will be made to Americans

The Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program is offering reimbursements of $250 to $975 to qualified families as of July 1.

The program pays qualified Pennsylvanians older than 65, widows and widowers 50 and older, and disabled individuals 18 and older each year.

The maximum basic rebate is $650, however, for eligible households, supplementary rebates can increase rebates to $975.

The scheme is dependent on the rental or property taxes that individuals paid the year before.

Renters need to have a landlord-tenant connection, and homeowners have to pay their taxes before registering.

Renters should also confirm if the owners were compelled to cover property taxes or whether they paid them instead of taxes on the rented property.

The Pennsylvania Lottery supports 5 programs, one of which is the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program.

According to the state’s website, elderly and disabled persons have earned approximately $7.6 billion in property tax and rental assistance from the program’s beginning in 1971.