{"id":10210,"date":"2021-01-14T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=10210"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:38:30","slug":"governor-hogan-announces-maryland-to-receive-402-million-through-federal-emergency-rental-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2021\/01\/14\/governor-hogan-announces-maryland-to-receive-402-million-through-federal-emergency-rental-assistance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hogan Announces Maryland To Receive $402 Million Through Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Governor Hogan Announces Maryland To Receive $402 Million Through Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program
<\/strong>Funding Will Expand Existing Rental Programs For Those Impacted by COVID-19
<\/em>Can Be Used For Rent, Utilities, Home Energy Costs, and Other Housing Expenses<\/em><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>(January 14, 2021) \u2014 Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland is eligible for an estimated $402,439,000 in federal rental assistance made available through the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The state officially filed its application to the U.S. Treasury Department on January 8, ahead of the January 12 deadline. The majority of the funding will be administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, with local jurisdictions managing the remainder.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID-19 has caused incredible hardships for the people of our state,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cWith the addition of this expected funding, more than half a billion dollars in support will be dedicated to keeping Maryland renters safe in their homes during this deadly pandemic.\u201d

Earlier this week, Governor Hogan introduced the\u00a0RELIEF Act of 2021<\/a>, an emergency stimulus and tax relief package that will provide more than $1 billion for Maryland working families, small businesses, and those who have lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The funding can be used for rent, utilities, home energy costs, arrears, and other housing expenses resulting from the pandemic.\u00a0The state must wait for the issuance of regulatory language from the federal government to deploy funding. Marylanders should monitor local and state government housing agency websites for updates.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we receive this important funding from the federal government, we will use all methods at our disposal to quickly deploy it to Marylanders who need it most,\u201d said Secretary Kenneth C. Holt. \u201cThis means we will continue our successful strategy of distributing funding through a multipronged approach \u2014 directly to local jurisdictions, nonprofit partners, and property management.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than $100 million of state, local, and federal funds have already been allocated for rental assistance and eviction prevention, providing relief to thousands of Maryland households. This includes more than $41 million for pandemic relief programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The department has administered funds through the Maryland Eviction Prevention Partnership, which supports local rental assistance programs, and the\u00a0Assisted Housing Relief Program<\/a>, which serves rental units in multifamily projects financed by DHCD\u2019s Community Development Administration using state funds or federal resources. The department will update its\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0as information on programs, eligibility, and timing becomes available.

Moratorium on Evictions During State of Emergency.\u00a0<\/strong>On\u00a0March 16<\/a>, Governor Hogan issued an emergency order that prohibits Maryland courts from ordering the eviction of any tenant who can demonstrate that their inability to pay rent was the\u00a0result of COVID-19\u2014for example, because\u00a0of lost or reduced employment, needing to care for a school-aged child, because they are diagnosed with or under investigation for COVID-19. The order remains in effect during the state of emergency.<\/p>\n

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MEDIA CONTACT:<\/div>\n
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Sara Luell, Director of Communications
sara.luell@maryland.gov<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Hogan Announces Maryland To Receive $402 Million Through Federal Emergency Rental Assistance ProgramFunding Will Expand Existing Rental Programs For Those Impacted by COVID-19Can Be Used For Rent, Utilities, Home Energy Costs, and Other Housing Expenses ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 14, 2021) \u2014 Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland is eligible for  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,46,33,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-housing","category-governor-hogan","category-press-releases","category-special-needs-housing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10212,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10210\/revisions\/10212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}