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tenants who have not completed their application are encouraged to complete them as soon as possible.
• Applicants with rent I arrears prior to March 2022 are still able to request assistance for those unpaid rental amounts.
• If a landlord or utility provider who received payments from the program in 2021 has not received an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 by February 15, 2022, they are encouraged to call the Housing is Key call center at (833) 430-2122 to request a duplicate copy.
• As of February 25, 2022, approximately $2.1 billion in rent and utility assistance has been paid to more than 183,800 households from the state run program. The program is now processing
• Because the state’s rental relief funds come from the Federal government, California is following the U.S. Department of Treasury’s guidelines for disbursing funds. They will continue to apply for additional
funds from the U.S. Treasury to help even more Californians get the financial assistance they need. The state announced recently that it is requesting up to $1.9 billion in additional rental relief funds from the Federal government.
• HCD will begin processing some of the stalled applications by prioritizing older applications and also some of the more simpler applications (they call “quick hits).
• To address fraud, HCD is requiring additional documentation from both landlords and renters.
• For more information on the rental assistance program, please visit the Housing is Key website.
Also, on February 28, 2022, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles hosted a webinar with Jessica Hayes who is one of the top officials at the Housing is Key program – you are encouraged to review a recording of this important webinar, which is made available to all members through the Association’s webinar portal.
Kate Bell, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kate Bell Strategies was most recently a Partner of Capitol Advocacy, which is ranked among California’s top lobbying firms. Ms. Bell’s firm specializes in lobbying, strategic planning, coalition building, budget advocacy, procurement, and political involvement. Kate Bell Strategies and Capitol Advocacy represent the interests of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles through its affiliation with the California Rental Housing Association. Both firms are based in Sacramento. For more information, please visit www.katebellstrategies.com
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