Los Angeles: Emergency Fund Approved to Pay Rent

The Los Angeles City Council 6 District Councilor, Nury Martinez, reported that the city ​​Council voted and approved his proposal to create an emergency fund for the coronavirus for rent payments.

Residents of the city of The AngelsEven the undocumented will be able to access financial aid to pay the rent since thousands of them do not receive federal support for their immigration status.

Today the City Council voted to revive my EMERGENCY RENTERS RELIEF PROGRAM to assist low-income renters, including our working-poor immigrants, who have limited means to pay back rent. While the LA City Eviction Moratorium protects ALL renters affected by COVID-19…
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– Nury Martinez (@ CD6Nury) April 23, 2020

A similar background, also sponsored by Martínez, was created at the end of 2019 when many tenants of the city of L.A. faced an increase in income of more than 8%.

"Although the city protects tenants from being evicted during the coronavirus crisis, many low-income people will have trouble paying back rent. They don't have the means to do itThe district 6 councilwoman said in a tweet.

This $ 2.15 million is seed money & the City will now work on identifying federal $$, as well as private donations, to make this a robust program to help ppl, including those who are not receiving federal aid because of their immigration status. #RentReliefLA #InThisTogether
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– Nury Martinez (@ CD6Nury) April 23, 2020

The "Emergency Renters Relief Program”Will initially have $ 2.15 million in funds. Without However, they hope to add more federal funds and private and philanthropic donations.

The fund will be managed by the Department of Housing and Community Development from the city of The Angels. At the time of writing this information criteria and application process have not been established.