Rent Relief

The deadline to get rental assistance in Los Angeles County is tomorrow. If you are behind on your rent because of COVID-19 there’s cash out there, but you have to act fast. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021.

The CityServe organization is offering assistance to landlords and tenants in applying for financial assistance to help pay rent in Los Angeles County.

The CityServe organization is offering assistance to landlords and tenants in applying for financial assistance to help pay rent in Los Angeles County. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Thursday April 29, 2021.

As the expiration date of the eviction moratorium approaches for those who have not been able to pay rent due to the pandemic, new programs to help pay and avoid evictions continue to be unveiled.

The applications opened March 30 in the city fo LA. Randy Mac reports March 30, 2021.

Los Angeles renters in need of payment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic can begin applying for the 2021 Emergency Rental Assistance Program on March 30, the city of Los Angeles’ Housing and Community Investment Department announced Monday.

The director of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, issued a warning to Americans on Monday. “We have seen footage of people enjoying spring break festivities maskless,” she said. “Equally concerning are the resurgences we are now seeing in some European countries, countries that have had strikingly similar surges during the pandemic as the United States.”

The first round of assistance provided 49,133 rent subsidies totaling $98.26 million, to help households that could not pay their rents due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second round will focus on paying off households’ past rent, with a maximum grant of $10,000.

The local moratorium applies where it does not overlap with state protections for residential tenants unable to pay rent due to COVID-19-related financial stress. It covers commercial evictions, no-fault evictions and prohibits ousting tenants for unauthorized occupants, pets and other nuisances.

A new program to help some Orange County residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to pay rent and some utility bills was announced Thursday by the Board of Supervisors Chairman Andrew Do.

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez will introduce a motion Tuesday to expand the city’s Emergency Renters Relief Program using additional funding approved by Congress to assist tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anticipating Los Angeles County’s fair share of $25 billion in federal rent relief, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to extend and expand both a local rent relief program and eviction moratorium.

Andrea Borgen Abdallah is a business owner, and she started No Relief No Rent, calling on restaurant owners to go on a rent strike until local or state governments provide rent relief. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Nov. 27, 2020.

Encino brothers and their wives were accused of getting fraudulent loans to buy luxury homes. Angie Crouch reports Nov. 18, 2020.

Thousands of LA tenants were approved for the city’s rent relief program, which gives them free rent money. But some of them were turned away, and their landlords are to blame.

Thousands of renters applied for rent relief for the city, but the city had to turn them away with landlords being blamed. Randy Mac reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law that temporarily bans evictions for people who have not paid their rent because of the coronavirus

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new eviction relief bill to aid those facing economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. Darsha Philips reports for Today in LA at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.

Carson residents suffering the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to opt for financial assistance offered by the city to pay their rent.

For months, politicians and economists have been warning about the looming crisis of evictions and home loss due to the pandemic. It appears now the wait is over. In LA, eviction notices are being served, as people who were late with their rent before the COVID-19 crisis are now being locked out. Daniel Levek is one such person dealing with…