COVID Renter Assistance for Every State
These Are Hard Times for Renters
So many are struggling in the face of COVID-19, but there is help available for many, courtesy of programs like the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
Because that help is delivered at the state level, finding it is not always easy, so we assembled all of the best COVID-19 renter assistance pages for every state that we could find, below.
Alabama https://eraalabama.com Alabama Rentals
Alaska https://www.alaskahousingrelief.org/renters Alaska Rentals
Arizona https://des.az.gov/ERAP Arizona Rentals
Arkansas https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/covid-19/dhs-response-to-covid-19/updates-for-clients/rental-assistance/ Arkansas Rentals
California https://housing.ca.gov/?mc_cid=3adc4fb87f&mc_eid=1ae37d3059 California Rentals
Colorado https://cdola.colorado.gov/rental-mortgage-assistance Colorado Rentals
Connecticut https://portal.ct.gov/DOH/DOH/Programs/UniteCT Connecticut Rentals
Washington DC https://dhcd.dc.gov/service/covid-19-rental-assistance DC Rentals
Delaware https://decovidhousinghelp.com Delaware Rentals
Florida https://www.myflfamilies.com/covid19/emergency-rental-assistance.shtml Florida Rentals
Georgia https://georgiarentalassistance.ga.gov/ Georgia Rentals
Hawaii https://www.legalaidhawaii.org/i-cant-pay-my-rent-mortgage.html Hawaii Rentals
Idaho https://www.idahohousing.com/covid-19/ Idaho Rentals
Illinois https://www.ihda.org/about-ihda/illinois-rental-payment-program Illinois Rentals
Indiana https://www.in.gov/ihcda/4558.htm Indiana Rentals
Iowa https://www.iowafinance.com/iowa-rent-and-utility-assistance-program Iowa Rentals
Kansas https://kshousingcorp.org/emergency-rental-assistance Kansas Rentals
Kentucky https://teamkyhherf.ky.gov Kentucky Rentals
Louisiana https://www.lastaterent.com Louisiana Rentals
Maine https://www.mainehousing.org/programs-services/rental/rentaldetail/covid-19-rental-relief-program Maine Rentals
Maryland https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Pages/EvictionPrevention/default.aspx Maryland Rentals
Massachusetts https://www.mass.gov/guides/facing-eviction-we-can-help Massachusetts Rentals
Michigan https://www.michigan.gov/mshda/0,4641,7-141-5555-533463--,00.html Michigan Rentals
Minnesota https://www.renthelpmn.org Minnesota Rentals
Mississippi https://ms-ramp.com Mississippi Rentals
Missouri https://www.mohousingresources.com/safhr Missouri Rentals
Montana https://housing.mt.gov/Rental-Housing/Montana-Emergency-Rental-Assistance-Program Montana Rentals
Nebraska https://coronavirus.nebraska.gov/EmergencyRentalAssistanceProgram Nebraska Rentals
Nevada https://housing.nv.gov/Resources/COVID-19/Renter_Assistance Nevada Rentals
New Hampshire https://www.goferr.nh.gov/covid-expenditures/new-hampshire-emergency-rental-assistance-program New Hampshire Rentals
New Jersey https://www.nj.gov/dca/cverap2.shtml New Jersey Rentals
New Mexico https://housingnm.org/static/covid-assistance New Mexico Rentals
New York https://otda.ny.gov/#expanded New York Rentals
North Carolina https://www.nchfa.com/covid-19-information-and-resources North Carolina Rentals
North Dakota https://www.nd.gov/dhs/info/covid-19/housing-homelessness.html North Dakota Rentals
Ohio https://cohhio.org/local-emergency-rental-assistance/Ohio Rentals
Oklahoma https://www.caaofokc.org/services/emergency-needs/rent-mortgage-assistance Oklahoma Rentals
Oregon https://www.oregon.gov/ohcs/Pages/agency-programs.aspx Oregon Rentals
Pennsylvania https://www.dhs.pa.gov/coronavirus/Pages/Emergency-Rental-Assistance-Program.aspx Pennsylvania Rentals
Rhode Island https://www.rihousing.com/rentreliefri Rhode Island Rentals
South Carolina https://www.schousing.com/Home/Resources-for-Renters South Carolina Rentals
South Dakota https://www.sdhda.org/social-programs/cares-act-housing-assistance-program/cares-act-housing-assistance-program-2 South Dakota Rentals
Tennessee https://thda.org/help-for-renters-section-8/covidrentrelief Tennessee Rentals
Texas https://texasrentrelief.com Texas Rentals
Utah https://rentrelief.utah.gov Utah Rentals
Vermont https://vtlawhelp.org/money-for-past-due-rent Vermont Rentals
Virginia https://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/rmrp Virginia Rentals
Washington https://dfi.wa.gov/coronavirus/financial-resources Washington Rentals
West Virginia https://www.wvhdf.com/programs/mountaineer-rental-assistance-program West Virginia Rentals
Wisconsin https://wiscap.org/wera Wisconsin Rentals
Wyoming https://dfs.wyo.gov/assistance-programs/home-utilities-energy-assistance/emergency-rental-assistance-program-erap Wyoming Rentals
About the Emergency Rental Assistance Program
The Emergency Rental Assistance program makes available $25 billion to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds are provided directly to States, U.S. Territories, local governments, and Indian tribes. Grantees use the funds to provide assistance to eligible households through existing or newly created rental assistance programs.
Eligibility
An “eligible household” is defined as a renter household in which at least one or more individuals meet the following criteria:
- Qualifies for unemployment or has experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced a financial hardship due to COVID-19;
- Demonstrates a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability; and
- Has a household income at or below 80 percent of the area median.
Rental assistance provided to an eligible household should not be duplicative of any other federally funded rental assistance provided to such a household.
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