Montgomery County resources for renters: Emergency Rent and Utilities Coalition (ERUC)
(March 31, 2021) Rental assistance has returned to Pennsylvania; Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties; and Norristown. Our website News section has details and new flyers: Multiple rent and utility assistance programs are available in PA, 4 counties and Norristown during COVID-19 — Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (lasp.org)
Rental & utility assistance in Montco
(Oct. 7, 2020) NORRISTOWN - Montgomery County's new Emergency Rent and Utility Coalition (ERUC) provides financial assistance for rent and utilities. Your Way Home of Montgomery County coordinates the program. Please see the YWH flyer below, in English and Spanish. To apply, call 2-1-1 or contact one of the partner agencies via links below:
ACLAMO Family Centers (Application in English) (Application in Spanish)
Community Action Development Commission (CADCOM), Norristown: Contact Erika Baker, Director of Housing,ebaker@cadcom.org or call 610-277-6363 x118
Manna on Main Street, Lansdale
Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities
Beginning Sept. 8, 2020, the Emergency Rent & Utility Coalition will provide households who have experienced a COVID-19 hardship, up to $1,500 per month in assistance for rental arrears and/or utility arrears dating back to March 1, 2020. A maximum of six months’ worth of arrears may be awarded. Thus, eligible households may receive a maximum of $9,000 in rental or utility assistance.
In order to qualify, households must:
Reside in Montgomery County at the time of application.
Be at or below 100% of area median income at the time of application.
Have rent arrears and/or an eviction notice and/or utility arrears and/or a utility shut-off notice at the time of application in order to receive assistance.
Be able to self-report a COVID-19 hardship and have no alternative means to pay the rent and/or utility arrears for which the household is applying.
Lansdale Reporter article on Montco program (Sept. 4, 2020)
Montgomery County press release including eligibility
How tenants can appeal an eviction
NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County Protonotary's Office has shared information on how to appeal an eviction in Montgomery County. For the two-page PDF flyer, click here.
