Miami-Dade County cautions towards fraud when making use of for Emergency Rental Help
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Miami-Dade County cautions towards fraud when making use of for Emergency Rental Help

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Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Group Growth (PHCD) is cautioning residents towards fraudulent actions when making use of for Emergency Rental Help. PHCD has acquired complaints that persons are being charged $500 in charges – by people not employed by the County – to finish and expedite ERAP purposes.

“The Miami-Dade County ERAP program is totally free to use, and the County by no means asks individuals to pay for an software,” mentioned Michael Liu, Director, Miami-Dade PHCD. “Sadly, some in our group are preying upon residents in want of emergency rental help by promising expedited approval in change for a charge. That is utterly false and nobody has the power to facilitate or expedite approvals of ERAP purposes.”

Miami-Dade County lately expanded its profitable Emergency Rental Help Program (ERAP) to incorporate residents incomes as much as 140 p.c of the world median revenue (AMI). A single particular person incomes lower than $95,620, {couples} making lower than $109,200, households of three incomes lower than $122,920, and households of 4 incomes lower than $136,500 can now qualify for rental help.

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“We’re constructing upon an already profitable ERAP plan that has distributed greater than $138 million and helped over 21,000 households keep of their properties because the begin of the pandemic,” mentioned Michael Liu, Director, Miami-Dade Public Housing and Group Growth. “By rising the variety of folks that qualify for ERAP, extra working professionals reminiscent of lecturers, first responders, nurses and different important staff can get help to cowl lease prices on this troublesome actual property market.”

ERAP will help renters with points reminiscent of overdue lease, utility funds, some relocation help, and will increase in lease of as much as 30% for a interval of three months.

Anybody excited by making use of for ERAP help can go to our web site at https://miamidade.gov/housing or name our ERAP hotline at 305-723-1815 or 311. We additionally ask that you just contact Miami-Dade County instantly if anybody approaches you asking for a charge to finish your ERAP software.