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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Coronavirus Emergency Rental Relief Fund for Tenants Page | 3 <br />Frequently Asked Questions as of March 1, 2021 <br />Coronavirus Rental Relief Program for Landlords (“CARES for Landlords”) are <br />not eligible. Households who receive assistance <br />from another emergency rental relief or rental assistance program are not <br />eligible. Receiving unemployment benefits or a stimulus check does not make <br />your household ineligible. <br /> <br />Q3) When can I apply? (Updated March 1, 2021) <br />A. Applications will beare available online, at our City offices, in-person or can be <br />requested directly starting at 8:00AM on August 17thfrom the Salvation Army or <br />Catholic Charities. You will need to submit several documents with your <br />application, so make sure you have them ready to go before you start filling it out. <br />You can find a list of requirements under our Program Guidelines at www.santa- <br />ana.org/covid19/rental-relief/cares-for-tenants. There is no deadline to submit the <br />application. A weekly lottery and application sorting procedure will be conducted <br />to randomly select applications that will be processed until all of the funds are <br />exhausted. If you do not complete all of the steps in the application and it does not <br />have a status of “application submitted”, it will not be included in the lottery process. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Q4) What are examples of COVID-19 impacts to show that I cannot pay my rent <br />due to a reason related to COVID-19? <br />A. Examples include, but are not limited to you are no longer working because you <br />were laid off; you are no longer working because you have to take care of <br />children; you are no longer working because you are sick or you are taking care <br />of a family member who is sick. <br /> <br />Q5) How much financial assistance is available? (Updated March 1, 2021) <br />A. A household can receive $3,0005,500 for rental assistance. With respect to <br />financial assistance for rent and rental arrears provided to an eligible household, <br />payments shall be made directly to the landlord on behalf of the eligible <br />household, except that, if the landlord does not agree to accept such payment <br />from the City after outreach to the landlord by the City, the City may make such <br />payments directly to the eligible household for the purpose of making payments <br />to the landlord. Renters who have already been approved for $1,500 or $3,000 <br />in emergency rental assistance, will be considered for additional assistance (up <br />to a maximum of $5,500) in assistance after re-certifying their eligibility. <br />A. The assistance is paid directly to the landlord. <br />Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.44" <br />Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.69", No bullets or <br />numbering <br />EXHIBIT 6EXHIBIT 1