The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October 3. That said, do not wait: a𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 at OregonRentalAssistance.org, if you are behind on rent or cannot pay current/future rent. You can apply for up to 12 months of back rent and 3 months of future rent, as well as help with utilities. If you need help with future months, make sure to include that in your application! The program is offered to all income-eligible renters regardless of immigration status, and it does not impact eligibility for other federally-funded programs (food stamps, Medicaid/Medicare, social security, WIC, public housing).

Assistance provided is not a loan -- if you receive the assistance you will not need to pay it back. If you are finding the application at OregonRentalAssistance.org to be challenging to complete, Lane County renters can also apply for a different assistance program at lanecounty.org/rent

If your landlord gives you a termination notice for non-payment, you should do two things:

Call 2-1-1 to see what type of help might be available and
P𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟲𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 from the time you provide documentation to your landlord -- this will allow time for your application to be processed and for funds to be received if you are eligible. If you’re a tenant who has already received a notice of eviction proceedings for non-payment of rent, these protections still apply.

The SETA Tenant Hotline is open to answer questions and can be reached at 541-972-3715.