{"id":98833,"date":"2025-12-17T22:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/98833\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:21:07","slug":"la-county-accepting-rent-relief-applications-from-fire-survivors-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/98833\/","title":{"rendered":"LA County accepting rent relief applications from fire survivors \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County has begun accepting applications for emergency rent relief for tenants and landlords affected by recent wildfires, the LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The application <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacountyrentrelief.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lacountyrentrelief.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">portal<\/a> for the LA County Emergency Rent Relief Program opened, allowing tenants and landlords to review eligibility requirements and access multilingual resources before submitting their applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s eligible<\/p>\n<p>Mom-and-pop landlords with four or fewer rental units: If they have not been able to collect rent due to the Eaton and Palisades fires, they can apply for financial relief.<\/p>\n<p>Displaced homeowners: People who owe back rent in their current rental homes after being displaced from their original properties due to the Eaton and Palisades fires are also eligible.<\/p>\n<p>How much will be provided<\/p>\n<p>Approved property owners and tenants could receive grants, which could cover up to six months of rent debt. That could translate to a maximum award of $15,000 per rental unit, according to the county website.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to paying for unpaid rent and mortgage, the financial assistance can be used for other unpaid expenses related to the January fires.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must provide records, such as authentic proof of ownership, IRS records, lease agreements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacountyrentrelief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LAERR_Program_and_Application_Guide_12.16.25.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See here for the detailed list.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tenants that have experienced emergency-related rent debt may also review eligibility requirements and submit an interest form to refer their landlord to apply for the program, according to the county.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 at 4:59 p.m..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles County has begun accepting applications for emergency rent relief for tenants and landlords affected by recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3936,48,52,51,47,137,50,49,535],"class_list":{"0":"post-98833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-california-wildfires","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-county","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news","16":"tag-wildfires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}