This is good news for those in the city who applied for assistance and are still waiting. eviction CovidIsntOver
Denver’s program stopped accepting new first-time applications in December 2022 and recertification applications in November 2022, but it will still process those applications and disperse the remaining funds through the agreement with the Community Firm.made a similar decision, closing its application portal on November 15 to ensure that all pending applications would be able to receive funds.
“The ERA program really was an unprecedented program,” Melissa Nereson, housing recovery manager for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, told. “We likely will never see these amounts of dollars coming in for emergency rental assistance as they did during the pandemic, so what we're doing is we're really trying to make sure that we can stabilize households as we wind this down.”
Denver is following suit. People can receive assistance for rent, utilities and home energy costs and other household expenses; the assistance is available to households that incurred financial hardship as a result of the pandemic, those who are at risk of homelessness or housing instability, or those who qualify as a low-income family.
The Community Economic Defense Project supports people facing eviction with legal aid, advocates for better policies for working people, and helps people navigate the complicated system for accessing resources. Co-founder Zach Neumann notes that it's best for people facing eviction or having struggles with housing costs to get help as soon as possible, even if that prospect seems daunting.
"If you're struggling to pay your rent or you're behind or you have that demand on your door, the faster you take action, the better off you’ll be," he told
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