Brevard County FL Coronavirus Assistance Program

[Matt Leber]

Wanted to post this to potentially help out any fellow Brevard County Florida landlords who have tenants facing hardship due to the virus and are having trouble paying their rent. I have tenants in Melbourne who were able to receive 3 months of rent assistance through government CARES funds that went direct to landlord to pay their past due rent balance.

Tenants must be able to prove the hardship is linked to coronavirus, prove at least 25 percent of their income was lost, and meet certain financial thresholds. I have no idea if the assistance program is still going or if it is out of funds, but I would imagine we might see a replenishment of assistance funds with the new stimulus or future stimulus. Definitely worth looking into if you have tenants who are behind.

We were fortunate to have tenants who handled the whole application and were on the ball with following up with their caseworker often. Definitely helped speed the process along. In my opinion, Government intervention worked as intended in this particular circumstance by helping a family who could demonstrate hardship.

Link to the application is below:

https://www.brevardfl.gov/docs/default-source/housing-human-services-documents/coronavirus-assistance/coronavirus-assistance-program-application.pdf?sfvrsn=675acd7d_6