Is rental assistance available in your area?

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I'm just curious if anyone has seen the money start to flow? I only have a couple renters that are behind but there's no money available yet. I read an article this morning that it's starting to flow in California and I'm wondering if any other states are seeing it?

Patti Robertson · Answer

@Nathan G. Money is flowing in Virginia. It’s taking a long time - 60-90 days. The problem is it is just delaying the inevitable. The people I have behind still aren’t financial,y stable. In almost every most case they are tenants we inherited and probably weren’t screened properly by the owner or former PM.

Aj Parikh · Answer

I also went through an eviction process and I read that I would be able to get the rent from the assistance program as a landlord. Not sure if that is true for the Virginia area. I am following this thread to see if anyone has any update on this.

Bjorn Ahlblad · Answer

@Nathan G. I heard it is available here; fortunately there has not been a need to know for sure(yet)!

Aj Parikh · Answer

Thanks @Nathan G. for the update.

Levi T. · Answer

Yes in VA. We just had one get funds on Friday.

Jennifer T. · Answer

Yes, she is that terrible.  It's not so much the money, it's her refusal to communicate with us or lift a finger to help herself.  You are making two HUGE assumptions.

1) That she even needs help.  I have no idea why she hasn't paid the rent.  She won't communicate with us.  She briefly contacted us in mid-Feb. when she got served her eviction notice (though with no court date set).  It was only then she contacted that agency who paid her Jan. and Feb. rent.  There are three adults and no kids living in this home.  I assume all of them received the Jan. and have/will receive the current stimulus payments.  The main tenant either still has her job she's always had or is collecting unemployment.  At least one of the other adults is eligible to collect unemployment also.

2) She would even apply for that state/federal rental assistance.  We contacted the agency that paid her rent in Jan. and Feb.  They would help her for March also, but she is the one who would need to initiate it.  We left her a voice mail and sent her a text message to that effect.  She didn't reply to either and I assume didn't even make that one phone call/visit to make sure her March rent got paid, because there are forms I would have needed to sign if she had.

Plus, as I explained, it wouldn't be "free" money if it means I would have to go months without any rent.  Because that is certainly what would happen, considering her history.

That long story really wasn't pertinent to the conversation but, since you made such negative assumptions about my character over a situation you know nothing about...there ya go.

Dick Rosen · Answer

We've seen rental assistance here, several times over the past 6 months or so.

Michael Robbins · Answer

I am in Las Vegas/Henderson.  I have two tenants that obtained rental assistance.  The most recent was in January and took at least 3 months from initial processing.  I have one tenant that has been working on assistance but funds have not been received.  At best the rental assistance is getting out very very slowly.

Jennifer T. · Answer

They just opened it up in Louisiana about a week ago.  Unfortunately, a few parishes (our version of counties) have created their own rules that make things much more difficult.

My properties are in Orleans parish.  I was initially excited because I have an awful tenant who refuses to even communicate with us.  In Orleans, you can file for an eviction, but they aren't scheduling eviction court dates for non-payment of rent.  We filed anyway.  When she got her notice, she contacted some agency who paid her Jan. and Feb. rent.  Now she only owes March.  But Orleans Parish falls in the "extra rules to make things onerous" category.  Under their rules, I can't apply on her behalf for the state/federal rental assistance from the stimulus package.  She has to initiate the request for rental assistance.

Which is just as well because, at this point, I wouldn't accept the help anyway.  One of their other rules is that I cannot evict her for 6 months.  And, after 6 months, I cannot evict her for 60 days after her assistance ends.  And that is I cannot evict her for ANY reason.  Not just non-payment of rent.

Nathan Gesner · Answer

I just checked again and Wyoming is still working on the program. They anticipate they will start receiving applications in April.

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