California on Monday opened applications for a rent relief program that aims to help those most affected by the pandemic. Funds from the program could wipe away rent debt accumulated by low-income ...

“We will continue to assist financially distressed renters with rent relief until the money for the California COVID-19 Rent Relief Program runs out,” Gustavo Velasquez, director of the ...

Here is where to find information on who qualifies for the rent and utility relief, how tenants and landlords can apply, what documents are needed, and other answers to common questions.

Two unprecedented proposals to help Californians weather the fiscal storm unleashed by the coronavirus crisis are expected to be unveiled Tuesday by Democrats in the state Senate.

Residents who are behind on rent or utility payments due to COVID-19 related hardships who make 80% or less of the median income for the area can apply for rent relief.

California COVID-19 Rent Relief program, which provides free financial housing assistance with past due and future rent and utility bills, closes March 31.

Summary: California is asking some tenants & landlords who received COVID-19 emergency rental relief funds to pay them back, sometimes months after getting state money.

California’s COVID-era rent relief program, long saddled with delays, criticisms and legal woes, appears to be running out of money.

Thousands of Californians who lost work during the pandemic are struggling with debt. A new settlement makes COVID rent relief available to tens of thousands of tenants.

The California Department of Housing and Community Development has sent “recapture” emails to about 5,400 tenants and landlords who received COVID-19 rent relief funds, the agency told The ...

The California Department of Housing and Community Development has sent “recapture” emails to about 5,400 tenants and landlords who received COVID-19 rent relief funds, the agency told The ...