CD 13 Rental Assistance Program Opens on Monday - Larchmont Buzz

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People who unrecorded wrong the boundaries of City Council District 13 (show above) are present eligible for a caller rental assistance program that opens to applications contiguous – Monday, October 24. This includes our Greater Wilshire-area communities of Larchmont Village, Ridgewood-Wilton, Oakwood-Maplewood-St. Andrews, St. Andrews Square, Western-Wilton, and Windsor Square, arsenic good arsenic adjacent communities including Melrose Hill, Wilshire Center, Hollywood, East Hollywood, and more.

The program, which volition supply a full of $3 cardinal to section renters and their mom-and-pop landlords, is funded by the bureau of City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell.

According to the program’s website, eligibility requirements include:

Tenants’ pre-tax household income for 2021 oregon 2022 indispensable beryllium astatine oregon beneath 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI), and a tenant indispensable beryllium their landlord unpaid rent connected oregon aft April 1, 2022. (e.g. A household of 2 with an yearly household income of up to $76,250 would qualify. A household of 4 little with a household income of up to $95,300 would besides qualify.)
The programme volition wage $5,000 successful rental assistance for eligible households.
Applications tin beryllium filed online, by telephone, oregon via smartphone. Applicants who bash not person entree to a machine tin use by calling the Rental Assistance hotline, which opened astatine 8:00 a.m. connected Monday, October 24, 2022. The Hotline volition beryllium unfastened Monday done Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Applications volition beryllium accepted online from 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 24, 2022, done Friday, November 4, 2022, astatine 11:59 p.m.
Renters surviving successful apartments, single-family homes and condominiums whitethorn apply.
Applicants indispensable supply documentation that they unrecorded successful the rental portion and wage rent. (This could beryllium either a lease oregon rental agreement, oregon “some different papers that connects them to that address, specified arsenic a announcement from the landlord oregon a inferior bill.”)
Tenants request to beryllium down successful rent that was owed connected oregon aft April 1, 2022.
Tenants volition request besides request to provide:

– Proof of identification, specified arsenic a authorities oregon subject ID
– Proof of past owed rent owed to the landlord connected oregon aft April 1, 2022, specified arsenic a landlord notice, rent receipt, oregon rental ledger, etc.
– Proof of household income, specified arsenic a taxation return, 1099 signifier oregon leader interaction information, etc.
– A signed and completed CD 13 Rental Subsidy Tenant Participation Agreement.

For much accusation connected required documents and alternatives, spot the program’s application form.

Other important information:

Subtenants are eligible to apply, but the spot landlord volition person the payments, not the maestro tenant connected the lease.
Payments volition beryllium made straight to the landlord to whom rent is paid. Their accusation indispensable beryllium included connected the application.
The fiscal assistance provided is simply a grant, not a loan. It does not request to beryllium repaid.
Renters who person Section 8 lodging prime vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), oregon unrecorded successful project-based Section 8 oregon nationalist lodging are eligible to enactment successful the program.

As mentioned above, mom-and-pop landlords are besides eligible to use for assistance. According to the website, ““Mom & Pop” landlord is defined arsenic owning nary much than 4 rental units positive a single-family location successful the City of Los Angeles.” Like tenant applications, landlords are eligible to person up to $5,000 per tenant household.

Landlord applicants indispensable provide: