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State of Illinois Launches Emergency Rental Assistance Program for Renters

NEWS FROM O'FALLON CITY HALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Posted on: August 10, 2020 - 4:07pm

O’Fallon, Illinois – The Illinois Housing Development Authority has developed the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) to support Illinois tenants unable to pay their rent due to a COVID-19 related loss of income. Tenants whose application is approved will receive a one-time grant of $5,000 paid directly to their landlord to cover missed rent payments beginning March 2020 and prepay payments through December 2020, or until the $5,000 is exhausted, whichever comes first. For more information or to apply visit https://era.ihda.org/.

“This rental assistance program is intended to immediately help those who are renting and are not able to pay their rent due to COVID-19,” said Mayor Herb Roach. “I encourage anyone who is eligible to quickly apply for the assistance.”

Applications for ERA will be accepted August 10th through August 21st. Due to anticipated high volume, the application window may close early. IHDA will use a third-party entity to select a pool of applications to be reviewed for eligibility. Approximately 30,000 tenants are expected to receive funding.

If you need assistance applying, IHDA has partnered with 62 Community and Outreach Assistance organizations standing by to help you at no cost. You can find a list of these organizations via the Resource button on www.era.ihda.org. Services are available in English, Spanish, Polish, Italian, French, Romanian, Albanian, Croatian, Serbian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Cantonese, Tagalog, Mandarin and ASL. For additional assistance you may also call IHDA’s call center at (312) 883-2720, or toll-free at (888) 252-1119. For those who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired, please contact Navicore Solutions for free assistance at (877) 274-4309 (TTY).

A list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) as well as eligibility criteria are available at https://era.ihda.org/uploads/FAQ.pdf.

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If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Grant Litteken at 618-624-4500 x 8760 or email at [email protected].