Koch v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Harry W. Koch (petitioner) has petitioned for review of an order of a hearing examiner affirming the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency’s (PHFA) denial of petitioner’s application for mortgage assistance.

The petitioner and his first wife, Frances, obtained a mortgage loan in 1977 to finance the purchase of a house. The couple separated in 1979 and Frances continued to occupy the house and pay the mortgage. Frances moved out of the house in August 1982 and rented it to her sister with the understanding that the mortgage would be paid directly to the mortgagee by the…