COVID Renter Assistance for Every State

Written by Jonas Bordo

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:

  1. Qualifies for unemployment or has experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced a financial hardship due to COVID-19;
  2. Demonstrates a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability; and
  3. 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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