Financial

Cuyahoga County Rent Relief Fund

The $6.8 million Rent Relief Fund provides emergency rental assistance for up to three months to income-eligible tenants unable to pay their full monthly rent due to the economic impact from COVID-19. Payments will be made to landlords. Households that are at 120 percent of median income are eligible; for example, a family of four with an annual income of around $90,000 will qualify for the program. The Relief Fund is being administered by CHN Housing Partners, which will accept applications starting July 1.  Anyone who needs assistance before July 1 should call 2-1-1

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act

The CARES Act is federal legislation that provides financial assistance for individuals and businesses that have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Help for individuals includes a direct payments of cash from the federal government and expanded unemployment benefits.

• Read What’s Inside the Senate’s $2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package (NPR News)
• View FAQs about extended unemployment benefits
• View FAQs about stimulus payments
• File for Unemployment Benefits (State of Ohio)
• View FAQs about relief for federal student loan borrowers

Foreclosure Assistance/Property Tax Delinquency

Cuyahoga County funds four agencies to counsel residents dealing with mortgage foreclosure or property tax delinquency.

• CHN Housing Partners
• Home Repair Repair Resource Center
• Community Housing Solutions
• ESOP Ohio

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has teamed up with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) , and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help homeowners and renters. Learn more.

Other

• COVID-19 Emergency Loan (HFLA of Northeast Ohio)
• Protecting Your Finances during the Coronavirus Crisis (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
• Cuyahoga County’s Prevention, Retention & Contingency (PRC) Program provides financial assistance to qualifying families that have been affected by COVID-19