21.023: Emergency Rental Assistance Program

21.023

Inactive

Sept. 8, 2022

Sept. 8, 2022

The funding provided by the ERA programs will among other things, assist eligible households that have difficulty making timely payments of rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Division N, Title V, Section 501 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260, (December 27, 2020) established the Emergency Rental Assistance (“ERA 1”) program and provides $25 billion for the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to make payments to States (defined to include the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities, as applicable, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents (collectively the “eligible grantees”) to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities, home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears and other costs related to housing, and housing stability services to eligible households. Treasury must make direct payments to the eligible grantees no later than 30 days after December 27, 2020. Title III, Subtitle B, Section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2, (March 11, 2021) authorized the Emergency Rental Assistance (“ERA 2”) Program and provides $21.55 billion for the Treasury to make payments to States (defined to include the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents (collectively the “eligible grantees”) to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities, home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears and other costs related to housing, and housing stability services to eligible households, as well as cover the costs for other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities for eligible households. Under ERA 2, Treasury shall pay all eligible grantees at least 40% of each grantee’s total allocations within 60 days after March 11, 2021 pursuant to section 3201(c).

C - Direct Payments for Specified Use

ERA 1: States (including the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories, eligible local governments, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), and Indian tribes or the tribally designated housing entity of an Indian tribe, as applicable are eligible grantees, as described in section 501(k)(2) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Units of local government eligible for payment directly include a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the state level with a population that exceeds 200,000. ERA 2: Section 3201(f)(1) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provides that eligible grantees for funding under the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA 2) program are States (defined to include the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents.

ERA 1: Eligible grantees may use funds to provide to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities, home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears and other costs related to housing, and housing stability services for eligible households. Eligible households may apply directly for the assistance and a landlord or utility company may apply for assistance on behalf of the eligible household. See the ERA FAQs for more information at https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/ERA-Frequently-Asked-Questions_Pub-3-16-21.pdf ERA 2: Eligible grantees may use ERA funds to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities, home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears and other costs related to housing, housing stability services for eligible households, and cover the costs for other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities for eligible households. Eligible households may apply directly for the assistance and a landlord or utility company may apply for assistance on behalf of the eligible household. See the ERA FAQs for more information at https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/ERA-Frequently-Asked-Questions_Pub-3-16-21.pdf

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