Emergency Rental Assistance Program

 

TThe funding provided by Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) 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, CAA Pub. L. No. 116-260, (December 27, 2020) established the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA 1) 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 their Tribally designated housing entities, as applicable, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), 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 and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, and housing stability services to eligible households. The authorizing statute instructed Treasury to 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, (ARPA), Pub. L. No. 117-2, (March 11, 2021) authorized the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA 2) and provides $21.55 billion for 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 and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, and housing stability services to eligible households, as well as to cover the cost of other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities, as defined by the Secretary, serving very low-income families. ERA 2s authorizing statute provided for Treasury to pay all ERA 2 eligible grantees at least 40% of each grantees total allocations within 60 days after March 11, 2021, pursuant to section 3201(c) (1) of ARPA.

Active 21.023 Departmental Offices, Department of The Treasury C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2021 ERA 1: Payments were made directly to States, certain eligible local governments, U.S. Territories, DHHL, and Indian tribes to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, and housing stability services for eligible households. ERA 2: Payments were made directly to States, certain eligible local governments, and U.S. Territories to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, housing stability services for eligible households, and to cover the costs for other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities for eligible households.
Fiscal Year 2023 ERA 1 and ERA 2 grantees have continued to provide financial assistance for services listed above. Through December 2022, ERA 1 and ERA 2 grantees made over 10.8 million payments to eligible households and spent or obligated more than $38.4 billion in ERA funds. The majority of ERA-funded rental assistance has gone to keeping the lowest-income families in their homes. Over 80 percent of ERA assistance has been delivered to assist very low-income households—defined as those earning 50 percent of area median income and below. More than 60 percent of those who received assistance identified as Black or Latino. Single mothers and other female-headed households make up close to two thirds of ERA beneficiaries. In addition to providing direct support to hundreds of thousands of eligible households, ERA funding has been an important catalyst for the development of hundreds of new state- and local-level programs and initiatives that are now providing eviction diversion services, access to legal counsel, and other housing stability services for eligible individuals and families. Research shows that as a result, low-income and majority Black neighborhoods that typically see a disproportionate share of eviction cases have experienced the largest absolute reduction in eviction filings. ERA, in combination with other pandemic response initiatives, kept millions of families in their homes and averted what many predicted would be a wave of evictions during the pandemic. For more information about ERA see: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, Title V, Section 501, Public Law 116-260, 15 U.S.C. 9058a U.S.C.
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Title III, Subtitle B, Section 3201, Public Law 117-2, 15 U.S.C. 9058c U.S.C. ERA 1: States (including the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), and Indian tribes or their Tribally designated housing entities, as applicable are eligible grantees under ERA1, as described in section 501(k)(2) of the CAA. 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 ARPA provides that eligible grantees for funding under ERA 2 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 financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, 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/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program. ERA 2: Eligible grantees may use ERA 2 funds to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, housing stability services for eligible households, and to cover the cost of other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities, as defined by the Secretary, serving very low-income families. 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/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program. Not Applicable. No new awards will be made in FY 2024. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Application period is closed. No longer accepting new applications. Not Applicable. No new awards will be made in FY 2024. Application period closed. No longer accepting new applications. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable; no new awards will be made in FY 2024. ERA 1: Eligible grantees may use ERA1 award funds to provide financial assistance, including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, and housing stability services for eligible households. See the ERA FAQs for more information on eligible uses at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program ERA 2: ERA 2 eligible grantees may use ERA2 award funds to provide financial assistance including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, housing stability services for eligible households, and to cover the cost of other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities, as defined by the Secretary, serving very low-income families. The restrictions on use of ERA 1 and ERA 2 funds are outlined in the ERA FAQs at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program Performance Reports: See section on Program Reports. Not applicable. The Grantee Award Terms provides specific requirements on record retention under both the ERA 1 and ERA 2 awards. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. ERA 1: Funds were originally available for use by ERA1 grantees from the date the grantee executed the ERA 1 Award Terms and until December 31, 2021, but section 3201(h) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 extended the availability of funds for use by ERA1 grantees from December 31, 2021, to September 30, 2022. Pursuant to section 501(e)(2) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Treasury may extend the award period of performance to end on December 29, 2022, for ERA 1 grantees that received reallocated funds. ERA 2: Funds are available for use from the date the grantee executed the ERA 2 Award Terms until September 30, 2025. None/Not specified. Emergency Rental Assistance
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20220 USA
EmergencyRentalAssistance@treasury.gov
Phone: (202) 622-2000 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program 20-0150-0-1-604 (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 22$293,293,077.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$21,517,000,000.00; FY 20$0.00; - ERA 2 Not Applicable. No new awards in FY 2024 Guidance and information on both ERA 1 and ERA 2 can be found at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program Fiscal Year 2023 ERA 1 and ERA 2 make funding available to all U.S. States (including the District of Columbia); U.S. Territories; certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents; and (in the case of ERA 1) Indian Tribes (defined to include certain Alaska native corporations) or their Tribally designated housing entities, as applicable, and the DHHL. Recipients of ERA 1 and ERA 2 award funds may use the funds to provide eligible households with financial assistance, including payment of rent, rental arrears, utilities and home energy costs, utilities and home energy costs arrears, other costs related to housing, and housing stability services. In addition, recipients of ERA 2 award funds that meet certain statutory requirements may use funds to cover the cost of other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention activities, as defined by the Secretary, serving very low-income families. Further examples of eligible grantees’ use of award funds are available on Treasury’s website for Emergency Rental Assistance at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program/promising-practices.