Housing and rent help for people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic

NJ-DCA COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program

  • NJ DCA portal is a program that helps people effected by COIVD-19 in terms of losing their home via unemployment.

County of Essex

  • Essex County offers emergency rental assistance for people who have been effected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Division of Housing and community resources

  • The Division of housing and community resources have programs listed for help with housing assistance, to see if you qualify for the programs listed, the site has a screeing proccess on their site you can apply for. Especially it has a link to apply for Covid Emergency rental assistance phase II.

COVID 19 Emergency rental assistance program (ERAP) 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. blvd Newark, NJ 07102

  • Providing financial assistance to people who have been effected by Covid 19 and have trouble paying their rent and other important utility bills.

  • For more info call: 862-930-2400

Essex County Legal Aid Association

  • Essex County legal aid association helps people who are facing civil law problems with landlords like evictions, illegal lockouts.

211 Service

  • 211 is a reliable and well-established service providing assistance to those in New Jersey, however, it serves as a consultancy to allocate and inform individuals about resources that may help their specific needs (housing, vaccinations, and food distribution)

  • There is a new NJ water bill assistance program for those who qualify, find info at 211.org