DCHS COVID-19 Response, Department of Community and Human Services, Housing and Community Development

Training, technical assistance and hands-on trouble-shooters moving applications and payments forward

King County’s Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP) is building momentum as new training and capacity building staff joined the EPRAP team last week and over the weekend, working one-on-one with tenants and landlords to move applications to payment. In the blog this week: New Action Teams on the jobSimplified enrollment process in placeUpdated … Continue reading Training, technical assistance and hands-on trouble-shooters moving applications and payments forward

DCHS COVID-19 Response, Department of Community and Human Services, Housing and Community Development

Rental assistance program expands again to assist tenants and landlords

King County’s Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP) continues to identify and implement ways to accelerate payments and to streamline and shorten the process for approving applications for rent assistance for tenants throughout the region who have fallen behind due to COVID-related economic hardships, such as illness or unemployment. This blog describes King County’s … Continue reading Rental assistance program expands again to assist tenants and landlords

DCHS Department of Community and Human Services, Housing and Community Development

Changes to rental assistance program boost payments

King County’s Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP) implemented several changes to the program last week that resulted in increased payments to tenants and landlords across King County. Payments for the week ending Sept. 4, 2021 totaled $4,630,496. Since January 2021, EPRAP has paid a total of $27,230,496 in rental assistance funds to support … Continue reading Changes to rental assistance program boost payments

DCHS Department of Community and Human Services, Housing and Community Development

Increasing the speed of rental assistance

King County’s Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP) is working urgently to increase payments to tenants and landlords across King County. Since January 2021, EPRAP has paid a total of $22.6M in rental assistance, serving 3,404 households. To increase the rate of payment, EPRAP is adding and adjusting staffing and quickly implementing new Treasury … Continue reading Increasing the speed of rental assistance

DCHS COVID-19 Response, Department of Community and Human Services

Do you want to have a voice on decisions related to renter assistance and eviction prevention?

Apply to join the Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program Advisory Committee King County is recruiting to fill nine positions on a new advisory board being formed to provide input to policy, procedures and protocols for rental assistance and eviction prevention programs and services. The advisory committee will provide valuable first-person experience and perspective to … Continue reading Do you want to have a voice on decisions related to renter assistance and eviction prevention?

DCHS COVID-19 Response, Department of Community and Human Services

First $4.3M rental assistance payments stabilize 800 households in King County at risk of eviction

As scheduled, King County’s Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP) paid its first rental assistance payments on Friday, July 16, 2021 totaling $4,373,510.21.  The payments, sent to 42 local property owners, create critical stability for over 800 households in King County who had fallen behind in rent payments due to COVID-related economic crises. Over … Continue reading First $4.3M rental assistance payments stabilize 800 households in King County at risk of eviction