Emergency Rental Assistance

What is Emergency Rental Assistance?

Emergency rental assistance is a valuable form of financial aid provided by federal, state, local government, and non-profit programs. Its primary objective is to offer support to eligible households facing financial hardships. This crucial assistance acts swiftly to prevent homelessness and tackle housing crises by covering outstanding rent, upcoming rental payments, and utility expenses. Below, you'll discover answers to commonly asked questions and an inclusive compilation of nationwide Emergency Rental Assistance Programs that presently offer available funding.

How do I apply for emergency rental assistance?

To apply for emergency rental assistance, view our nationwide list of available programs below. Visit the programs website to access their application portal or download the necessary forms. Follow the instructions provided, and submit the required documentation to complete your emergency rental assistance application.

What does emergency rental assistance cover?

Emergency rental assistance typically covers past due rent, future rent payments, and utility expenses. This may include any past due rent, security deposits, utility payments, and other housing-related expenses.

Am I eligible for emergency rental assistance?

Eligibility for emergency rental assistance varies by program, but generally, you must demonstrate financial hardship and be at risk of homelessness or housing instability, due to job loss or other financial strain.

How can I show that I am eligible?

To prove your eligibility, you may need to provide documentation such as proof of income, unemployment benefits, proof of residency, a lease or rental agreement, and evidence of financial hardship such as past due rent, eviction notice, or past due utility bills.

How are rental assistance payments made?

Rental assistance payments are typically made directly to the landlord or utility provider on behalf of the tenant. In some cases, if the landlord or utility provider does not agree to accept the payment, the funds may be disbursed directly to the tenant to ensure the necessary payments are made.

Begin your search for Emergency Rental Assistance Programs using the search tool below.

State	Program Name
Alabama	Alabama Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alabama	Baldwin County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alabama	Birmingham Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alabama	City of Huntsville COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alabama	Jefferson County Alabama Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alabama	Madison County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alabama	Mobile County Treasury Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance
Alabama	Emergency Rental Assistance Montgomery County (ERAMCo)
Alabama	Tuscaloosa County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Alaska	Alaska Housing Relief
Arizona	Arizona Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Arizona	Chandler Community Action Program
Arizona	Gilbert Emergency Rental & Utility Assistance Program
Arizona	Glendale COVID-19 Emergency Rent Assistance Program
Arizona	Maricopa County Emergency Rental Assistance
Arizona	Mesa Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program
Arizona	Phoenix City Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
Arizona	Tucson and Pima County Eviction Prevention/Emergency Rent and Utility Relief Program
Arizona	Yuma County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Arkansas	Arkansas Rent Relief Program
Arkansas	Benton County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Arkansas	Pulaski County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (PCERA)
Arkansas	Washington County Emergency Rental Assistance
California	California's COVID-19 Rent Relief
California	Alameda County Housing Secure Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ACHS-ERAP)
California	Anaheim Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Chula Vista Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
California	Keep Fremont Housed
California	Fresno Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Fresno County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	City of Irvine Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Kern County Rent and Utility Assistance Program
California	Long Beach Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	City of Los Angeles Emergency Renters Assistance Program
California	Marin County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Merced County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Monterey County Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program
California	Keep Oakland Housed
California	Orange County Emergency Rental Assistance
California	Rent Help Placer
California	City of Riverside Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
California	United Lift Rental Assistance Program
California	Sacramento Emergency Rental Assistance (SERA) Program
California	San Bernardino Eviction Prevention Program
California	San Bernardino County Rent Relief Partnership
California	City of San Diego COVID-19 Housing Stability Assistance Program
California	County of San Diego COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	San Franciscoís Local Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	San Joaquin County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
California	Santa Ana CARES
California	County of Santa Barbara Emergency Rental & Utility Assistance
California	Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System
California	Santa Clarita COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program
California	Solano County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Sonoma County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
California	Stanislaus County and Modesto Emergency Rental Assistance
California	Stockton Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Colorado	Colorado Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Colorado	Adams County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Colorado	Arapahoe County Rent, Mortgage and Utility Assistance
Colorado	Denver City and County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Colorado	Douglas County Emergency Rental Assistance
Colorado	Jefferson County Emergency Assistance COVID-19
Colorado	Larimer County Emergency Rent Assistance Program
Colorado	Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance (ERA)
Connecticut	UniteCT
Delaware	Delaware Housing Assistance Program (DEHAP)
District of Columbia	STAY DC
Florida	Opportunities for Utilities and Rental Assistance (OUR) Florida
Florida	Alachua County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Florida	Brevard County COVID-19 Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program
Florida	Broward County Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Clay County Emergency Rental Assistance
Florida	Collier County Assistance Program
Florida	Escambia County Emergency Rental Assistance (ERAP) Program
Florida	Hialeah City Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Hillsborough County Rapid Response Recovery Assistance Program (R3)
Florida	City of Jacksonville Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Florida	Lake County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Lee County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Leon County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Manatee County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	COVID Assistance Program (CAP)
Florida	Miami Emergency Rental Assistance
Florida	Miami-Dade County Emergency Rental Program 2.3 (ERAP 2.3)
Florida	Okaloosa County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Orange County Emergency Rental Assistance
Florida	Orlando Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Osceola County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Palm Beach County Rental Assistance
Florida	Helping with Emergency Assistance Relief for Tenants (Pasco H.E.A.R.T.)
Florida	Pinellas County Emergency Rental Assistance
Florida	Polk County Eviction Prevention Program
Florida	City of Port St. Lucie Emergency Rental Assistance 2 (ERA2) Program
Florida	Sarasota County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	Seminole County Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
Florida	St. Johns County Emergency Rental Assistance
Florida	St. Lucie County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Florida	St. Petersburg Rent and Utility Assistance
Florida	Volusia County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Georgia	State of Georgia Rental Assistance Program
Georgia	Atlanta COVID-19 Emergency Housing Assistance Program
Georgia	Augusta-Richmond County Emergency Rental Assistance
Georgia	Chatham County Rental and Utility Assistance Program
Georgia	Cherokee County Emergency Rental Assistance
Georgia	Clayton County Emergency Rental Assistance
Georgia	Cobb County Rental Assistance Program
Georgia	DeKalb Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition
Georgia	Forsyth County Emergency Rental & Utility Relief Program
Georgia	Fulton County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Georgia	Gwinnett County Project RESET
Georgia	Hall County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Georgia	Henry County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Fund
Hawaii	Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Rent Relief Program
Hawaii	State of Hawaii Emergency Rental Assistance
Hawaii	Hawai'i County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Hawaii	Honolulu County Rent and Utility Relief Program
Hawaii	Kaua'i COVID-19 Rental and Utility Assistance Program
Hawaii	Maui County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Idaho	Idaho Housing and Finance Association's Housing Preservation Application
Idaho	Boise - Ada County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Illinois	Illinois Rental Payment Program
Illinois	Champaign County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Illinois	Chicago Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Illinois	Cook County COVID-19 Recovery Rental Assistance
Illinois	Lake County Federal Emergency Rental Assistance (FERA)
Illinois	Madison County Emergency Rental Assistance
Illinois	McHenry County Emergency Utility and Rental Assistance Program
Illinois	Winnebago County Emergency Rental Assistance
Indiana	Indiana Emergency Rental Assistance
Indiana	Elkhart County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Indiana	Fort Wayne Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Indiana	Hamilton County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Indiana	Indianapolis Rental Assistance Program
Indiana	Lake County Emergency Assistance (LCERA) program
Indiana	St. Joseph Countyís Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA)
Iowa	Iowa Rent and Utility Assistance Program
Iowa	Linn County Emergency Rental Assistance
Iowa	Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Kansas	Kansas Emergency Rental Assistance
Kansas	Wichita Emergency Rental Assistance Program (WERAP)
Kansas	Wichita-Sedgwick County Community Action Partnership Emergency Assistance Program
Kentucky	Healthy at Home Eviction Relief Fund
Kentucky	Housing Stabilization Partnership Program
Kentucky	Jefferson County Rental Assistance
Louisiana	Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program (LERAP)
Louisiana	East Baton Rouge Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Louisiana	Caddo Parish's Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
Louisiana	Calcasieu Parish Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Louisiana	Jefferson Parish Covid Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Louisiana	Lafayette Parish Emergency Rental Assistance
Louisiana	New Orleans Emergency Rental Assistance Program (NOERAP)
Louisiana	St. Tammany Rental Assistance Program (STRAP)
Maine	MaineHousing Emergency Rent Relief Program
Maryland	Maryland Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Maryland	Arundel Community Development Services Eviction Prevention Program (EPP)
Maryland	Baltimore City Eviction Prevention Program
Maryland	COVID-19 Eviction Prevention Program
Maryland	Frederick County Rental Assistance Program
Maryland	Harford County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance
Maryland	Howard County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Maryland	Montgomery CountyRent Relief Program
Maryland	Prince George's County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Maryland	The Strategic Targeted Eviction Prevention (STEP) Program
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Massachusetts	City of Bostonís Rental Relief Fund
Michigan	Michigan COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA)
Michigan	Detroit COVID Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Michigan	Macomb County COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) Program
Michigan	Wayne County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Minnesota	Minnesota COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance
Minnesota	Saint Paul - Ramsey County Rental Assistance
Minnesota	The Zero Balance Project
Mississippi	Harrison County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Mississippi	Hinds County Rental Aid
Missouri	Missouri State Assistance for Housing Relief (SAFHR) Program
Missouri	Clay County Emergency Rental Assistance
Missouri	Greene County Emergency Rental Assistance
Missouri	Jackson County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Missouri	Jefferson County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Missouri	Kansas City Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Missouri	City of St. Louis Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Missouri	St. Louis County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Missouri	Saint Louis Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
Montana	Montana Emergency Rental Assistance
Nebraska	Nebraska Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
Nebraska	Douglas County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Nebraska	Lancaster County Emergency Relief Assistance Program
Nebraska	City of Lincoln Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Nebraska	Omaha ñ MACCH Rental Assistance Program
Nevada	Nevada CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP)
Nevada	Clark County CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP)
Nevada	Rental Assistance For Tenants (RAFT)
Nevada	Washoe County CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP)
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Emergency Rental Assistance Program (NHERAP)
New Hampshire	Rockingham County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (RC ERAP)
New Jersey	New Jersey COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Atlantic County Emergency Rental Assitance Program
New Jersey	Bergen County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Camden County RECOVERS Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Essex County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Gloucester County Emergency Rental Assistance
New Jersey	Hudson County CARES II Eviction Prevention
New Jersey	Jersey City COVID-19 Rent Relief Program
New Jersey	Mercer County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
New Jersey	Middlesex County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Monmouth County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Mayor Barakaís Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Ocean County Residential Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Passaic County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Jersey	Somerset County Emergency Rental Assistance 2
New Jersey	Union County Emergency Rental Relief Program
New Mexico	New Mexico Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New Mexico	BernCo Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) Assistance Program
New Mexico	DoÒa Ana County Emergency Rent & Utilities Assistance Program
New York	New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
New York	Town of Hempstead Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New York	Islip Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New York	Eviction Prevention Pilot Initiative - 2.0
New York	Onondaga County Emergency Rental Relief Program
New York	Town of Oyster Bay Emergency Rental Assistance Program
New York	Yonkers Emergency Rental Assistance
North Carolina	North Carolina's Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions Program (HOPE)
North Carolina	Buncombe County COVID Housing Assistance Program
North Carolina	Cabarrus County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	Fayetteville Cumberland Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	City of Durham Rent Relief Program
North Carolina	Durham Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	City of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County ERAP Pandemic Assistance
North Carolina	Gaston County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	Greensboro Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program
North Carolina	Guilford Cares Rental/Utility Assistance Program
North Carolina	Johnston County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County RAMP
North Carolina	New Hanover Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	Union County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
North Carolina	House Wake! COVID-19 Financial Assistance Program
North Dakota	ND Rent Help
Ohio	Ohio Emergency Rental Assistance (Home Relief)
Ohio	Butler County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Ohio	CAA Emergency Rent Assistance 2021
Ohio	Clermont County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Ohio	The Hope Fund 2021 (CITY)
Ohio	Northeast Ohio Rent Help
Ohio	Pathways to Hope
Ohio	The Hope Fund 2021 (COUNTY)
Ohio	Hamilton County Rent and Utility Relief Program
Ohio	Lake County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Ohio	Lorain County 2021 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Ohio	Mahoning County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Ohio	Montgomery County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Ohio	Stark County Emerge Housing Assistance Program (Home Relief Grant 3.0)
Ohio	Summit County Cares
Ohio	Toledo Lucas County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Ohio	Warren County Rental Assistance Programs
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Oklahoma	City of Tulsa Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Oregon	Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP)
Oregon	Clackamas County Emergency Rental Assistance
Oregon	Emergency Rent Relief of Lane County (ERRLC)
Oregon	COVID Assistance Program
Oregon	Multnomah County COVID-19 Rent Relief Program
Oregon	Washington County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Allegheny County Emergency Rental Assistance
Pennsylvania	Berks County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Bucks County Emergency Rental Assistance (BERA)
Pennsylvania	Chester County Emergency Rent & Utility Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Cumberland County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Dauphin County Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Delaware County Emergency Rental Assistance (DELCO ERA)
Pennsylvania	Erie County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Lackawanna County Emergency Rental Assistance
Pennsylvania	Lancaster CountyCOVID-19 Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance
Pennsylvania	Lehigh County Emergency Rental Assistance
Pennsylvania	Luzerne County COVID Rent and Utility Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Montgomery County Rent and Utility Relief Program
Pennsylvania	Northampton County Community Mediation and Eviction Diversion Program
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Rental Assistance Phase 4
Pennsylvania	Washington County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Pennsylvania	Westmoreland County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Pennsylvania	York Countyís Emergency Rent Assistance Program (ERAP)
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program
South Carolina	South Carolina Stay Plus
South Carolina	Anderson County AIM COVID Relief Fund
South Carolina	Berkeley County Emergency Rental Assistance
South Carolina	Charleston County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
South Carolina	Greenville Emergency Rental Assistance Program
South Carolina	Horry County Emergency Rental Assistance program
South Carolina	Spartanburg County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
South Carolina	Richland County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
South Dakota	South Dakota CARES Housing Assistance Program
Tennessee	Tennessee Housing Development Authority COVID-19 Rent Relief
Tennessee	Davidson County HOPE (Housing, Opportunity, Partnership and Employment) Program
Tennessee	Knox Housing Assistance Program
Tennessee	Rutherford County COVID-19 Rent Relief Program
Tennessee	Shelby County COVID-19 Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program
Texas	Arlington Cares Assistance
Texas	Austin Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants (RENT) Assistance Program
Texas	Bell County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Brazoria County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Brazos County Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Cameron County Emergency Rental Assistance
Texas	Collin County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Texas	Corpus Christi Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	City of Dallas COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Dallas County Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP)
Texas	Denton County Eviction Prevention Program
Texas	El Paso Rent Help
Texas	Fort Bend County Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
Texas	Fort Worth City Emergency Rental Assistance
Texas	Frisco City Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Galveston County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	City of Garland Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
Texas	Houston-Harris County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Hays County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Hidalgo County Rent Relief Program
Texas	City of Irving Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Jefferson County Emergency Rent Relief Program
Texas	Laredo COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program
Texas	City of Lubbock Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	McLennan County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Nueces County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	City of Plano Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	San Antonio Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Smith County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Tarrant County COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Travis County Rental Assistance Program
Texas	Webb County Rental Assistance
Texas	Montgomery County Covid-19 Housing Assistance Program (CHAP)
Utah	Utah Rent Relief
Vermont	Vermont Emergency Rental Assistance Program (VERAP)
Virginia	Virginia Rent Relief Program
Virginia	Chesterfield Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance (CERA)
Virginia	Fairfax County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Washington	Washington State Treasury Rent Assistance Program (T-RAP)
Washington	Benton & Franklin Counties Rent Assistance Program
Washington	Clark County Treasury Rent Assistance
Washington	King County Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance Program
Washington	Kitsap Eviction Prevention Assistance
Washington	Lewis County Emergency Rental Assistance
Washington	Pierce County Rental Assistance
Washington	Skagit County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Washington	Snohomish County Emergency Rental Assistance
Washington	City of Spokane Emergency Rental Assistance
Washington	Spokane County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Washington	Thurston County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Washington	Whatcom Rental Assistance Program
Washington	Yakima County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
West Virginia	West Virginia Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance (WERA)
Wisconsin	Northeast Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance
Wisconsin	Dane CORE Program
Wisconsin	Milwaukee Emergency Rental Assistance (MERA) program
Wisconsin	Milwaukee County Rental Assistance Program
Wisconsin	Waukesha County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Wyoming	Wyoming Emergency Rental Assistance Program