Applications for L.A.’s emergency rent assistance close soon. Here’s how to enter
LA TimesTenants of Promenade Towers, a Bunker Hill apartment complex, above, received 371 eviction notices from late January through July. Angelenos who owe back rent have until Monday to apply for the city’s emergency rental assistance program, which can repay up to six months of unpaid rent for eligible tenants. “We must do more to keep people housed, and I want to make sure eligible Angelenos begin applying today for rent relief for back rent owed during the COVID-19 pandemic or if you are currently experiencing a short-term hardship,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement last week. “We must continue to do all that we can to prevent Angelenos from falling into homelessness and help ensure small landlords have access to resources as well.” The program was approved by the City Council and will be administered by the city’s Housing Department. Under the city’s new tenant protection laws, a tenant must owe at least one month of “fair market rent” before he or she can be evicted for nonpayment.
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