Housing Is Key (2024)

FAQs

Is the California rent relief program still available? ›

In accordance with Senate Bill 115, applications are no longer open for the CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Program. State law extends eviction protections until June 30,2022 for qualifying applications received by March 31.

Approved: Payment Pending. The QC Team has reviewed your application and approved it for payment. The payment process has begun. Changes can no longer be made to your application.

Writ of Possession/Notice to Vacate

(If the Landlord/Plaintiff wins the case, the Landlord/Plaintiff can obtain a writ of possession to move you out of the property. The Sheriff will post what is called a “Notice to Vacate.” You will have five days from the date the Sheriff posts the Notice to Vacate to move-out.

Eligible renters can also receive help paying future rent, equal to 25% of their monthly amount to help them stay in their homes, and 100% of up to 12 months of unpaid or future utility bills.

It means they are trying to decide if you actually qualify for the program, and if you are going to ever get paid.

A payment request of [AssistanceApproved_Total_Approved_Housing_Request] has been approved and a payment will be disbursed within 10 to 14 business days to you on behalf of your tenant. You may have received an award email in the past. If so, this email indicates an updated total amount due.

You have 30 calendar days from when you receive your ERAP award notification or denial notice to submit a one-time appeal using the CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Appeal System. If you have questions contact our call center: 833-430-2122.

If the tenant doesn't pay rent when it is due, the landlord can give the tenant a three-day notice to pay rent or quit (move out). This notice informs the tenant that the tenant has three days to pay rent in full or move out.

How long can you stay after eviction in California? ›

Ask for more time to move. If you lose your eviction case, you need to move out (at the latest) 5 days after the sheriff posts a Notice to Vacate on your door. If you need more time to move, you can ask the court for a stay of execution.

If you comply with the eviction notice by either paying all the rent due and owing or correcting the lease violation, then, in California, the landlord must not proceed with the eviction (see Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. § 1161).

Also effective April 1, 2024, the eviction notice must include the name of the person moving in, their relationship to the owner, and that the tenant may request proof of that relationship, and there must be no other similar unit already vacant on the property that the owner or relative could move in to instead.

California Senate Bill 567, i.e., the Homelessness Prevention Act, which goes into effect on April 1, 2024, seeks to cap rent hikes at 10% and prevents landlords from evicting tenants without a legal cause. California Assembly Bill 12, i.e., the new residential security deposit law, which goes into effect on July 1, ...

But, your landlord can still require you to move out for one of the “no-fault” reasons listed in the law. If your landlord evicts you for one of these reasons, they must first give you one month's rent or waive one month's rent to help you move out.

The Tenant Protection Act caps rent increases for most residential tenants in California. Landlords cannot raise rent more than 10% total or 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living – whichever is lower – over a 12-month period.

Under the Eviction Hardship Extension, landlords are prohibited from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent if the tenant has experienced a COVID-19-related hardship, such as loss of income or increased medical expenses. Tenants must provide their landlord with a signed declaration stating their hardship.

Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot is providing approximately 3,200 individuals with $1,000 per month for 12 months. These are unconditional, regular, and direct cash payments to individual participants that supplement existing welfare programs.