BATON ROUGE – Louisiana has received more than $100 million in federal housing assistance to assist over 20,000 residents with past rent dating back as far as April 2020. Gina Campo, Deputy Executive Director with the Office of Community Development said the program will assist those who are in danger of being evicted.
“The program is geared towards paying the landlord directly and also for the up to three months of forward rent under our program guidelines,” said Campo.
Campo said to be eligible for the Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program the total household income must be at or 80 percent below the area median income. Parishes with populations over 200,000 are running their own rental assistance programs and the state program is for the remaining 57 parishes.
“There isn’t a deadline, but we do want to get the dollars out the door as quickly as possible, to help as many people as possible,” said Campo.
The application process is completely paperless, and Campo said homeowners affected by COVID who are behind on their mortgage may also be eligible through the Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Fund program.
“Just remember laCOVIDhousing.com and all the information on the program and the application portal is there,” said Campo.
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