Emergency Rental Assistance Funds
Atlantic County recently received an $8.9 million grant for emergency rental assistance . This brings the total the county has available to help prevent evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic to $15 million. According to Bob McGuigan, director of the Community Development Block Grant program at the Atlantic County Improvement Authority , in the first two months they have spent $600,000 for 66 tenants to pay arrears up to 12-15 months.
Applicants must meet specific criteria to be eligible and these can be found at acianj.org and click on “New COVID-19 Assistance”. Attached is information provided by the ACIA.
