Hessler v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Petitioners Thomas E. and Jeanne L. Hessler appeal from a hearing examiner’s order of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, which rejected their application for aid under the Homeowners’ Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, after having initially given approval.

The appeal presents two questions. We must decide whether the findings of fact made by the hearing examiner are supported by substantial evidence, and whether the hearing examiner, in relying upon those findings, erred as a matter of law by concluding that the Hesslers are not suffering financial hardship due…