Applications for Emergency Rental Assistance Program close at 5 p.m. - ActionNewsJax.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Monday, Dec. 5, is the past time for families successful Jacksonville struggling to wage rent to apply for immoderate relief.

Neighbors connected Jacksonville’s Southside tin recognize the request for a programme similar this, since galore told Action News Jax they’ve seen their rent spike astir $300 a month.

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Some person had to renegotiate salaries portion others person had to chopped backmost connected groceries and essentials, each to marque ends meet.

It’s a concern a batch of folks are in, which is wherefore the City of Jacksonville is reminding everyone to look into exigency rental assistance if they judge they request it.

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) could screen up to a twelvemonth of past owed rent, positive inferior payments for rental households negatively impacted by the pandemic.

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”I honestly didn’t cognize astir that programme until close now,” said renter Tyler Souza. “And I deliberation that’s great. That’s ace helpful.”

He says helium lives successful a 1 chamber 1 bath apartment, and that helium has had to marque adjustments successful the past twelvemonth to agelong his budget.

”Definitely feeling the unit of expanding rent,” helium explained.

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”My rent was $1,100 a period and past erstwhile I re-signed [my lease], it went up astir $350 more,” helium pointed out. “Now I’m astatine $1450, oregon thing similar that.”

Souza is acold from alone.

A caller study by the rental level Zumper shows rent increases successful Jacksonville are among the highest successful the nation.

The City of Jacksonville announced past week it received an further $3.3 cardinal successful national funds for rent and inferior help. Here is the fig of ERAP applicants arsenic of Friday:

“I deliberation that’s fantastic,” Souza added. “I wanna bash much probe connected that due to the fact that it’d beryllium adjuvant to a batch of radical successful the area.”

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