COVID Rent Relief Program
December 18, 2020
![Housing image](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/a2f21fa6-1c6e-475a-8256-c9276713f80a.jpeg?itok=26uVvGDz)
The COVID Rent Relief Program has reopened. It will accept new applications beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 18, 2020 through Monday, February 1, 2021.
The program’s eligibility criteria have been expanded to provide rent relief to more New Yorkers. Individuals, who applied during the previous application window and were denied, do not need to apply again. Those applications are being reevaluated. Applications from individuals who have not received a response from HCR yet are being reviewed under the new criteria.
Passed by the Senate on May 28, 2020, and sponsored by Senator Brian Kavanagh, S8419 was signed into law by the governor and established the COVID Rent Relief Program. The program provides a one-time rent subsidy paid directly to landlords of applicant households. Applicants will not be required to repay this assistance. For assistance, eligibility details and to access the application, visit the HCR website.
Share this Article or Press Release
Newsroom
Go to NewsroomNew Yorker Magazine: Andrew Cuomo Left Behind a Rent-Relief Debacle
September 4, 2021
![The #CancelRent movement was born out of activists’ fear that rent debts would be allowed to accrue for however long it took the economy to rebound. Photograph by Spencer Platt / Getty](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/in-the-news/main-image/untitled_4.png?itok=XbTLfMBb)
![Sen. Brian Kavanagh speaks on a bill he co-sponsored to extend the eviction moratorium during an extraordinary session Wednesday. Courtesy of NYS Senate Media Services.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/in-the-news/main-image/kavanaugh-771x514.jpg?itok=hvte8ppO)