LA County Mortgage Relief Partnership
CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
2.4 Stable Housing
Federal Expenditure CategoryHousehold Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Aid
06/21/2022
Anticipated End Date12/31/2024
Supported Languages
- Spanish
- Armenian
- Cambodian (Khmer)
- Farsi
- Korean
- Russian
- Tagalog/Filipino
- Thai
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Vietnamese
- Arabic
- Hindi
- Japanese
- ASL
- Spanish
- Armenian
- Cambodian (Khmer)
- Farsi
- Korean
- Russian
- Tagalog/Filipino
- Thai
- Traditional Chinese
- Simplified Chinese
- Vietnamese
- Arabic
- Hindi
- Japanese
- ASL
Project Contacts
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Donald Zelaya
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Amelia Fay-Berquist
Indicators & Metrics to Date
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Number of Grants Provided204
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Number of Grants Provided168
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Number of Households Served372
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Execute subrecipient agreement with TPA1
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Program will be promoted in multiple languages to most in need communities1
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Launch grant application1
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# of applications reviewed372
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Total Number of Grants Disbursed204
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Total dollar amount of grants disbursed4000000
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Project Evaluation Completed0
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Number of Grants Provided168
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Total dollar amount of grants disbursed2700000
Target Populations
- Small Businesses
- People with Disabilities
- Systems Impacted Individuals
- Systems Involved Individuals
- Individuals Experiencing Mental Health Disorders
- Individuals Experiencing Substance Use Disorders
- Property owners with tenants who reside in moderate, highest and high need census tracts of the County as identified by the COVID-19 Vulnerability and Recovery Index.
Project Description
According to a January 2021 report by the California Legislature’s Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor, even before the pandemic, the high-cost of housing in California placed renter households in a perilous situation specifically the 1.5 million low-income households who paid at least half of their income towards their housing. A sudden job loss would have immediately placed these tenants on a path towards eviction. Which was exactly what occurred at the onset of the pandemic. Almost immediately, approximately 2.6 million Californians and 22 million people nationwide lost their employment, Unfortunately, job losses were highly concentrated among lower wage workers who were much more likely to rent than higher wage workers. As such, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the affordable housing and eviction crisis that was being experienced across the region. Justifiably, many feared that a vast number of these households would fall behind on their rent or mortgage which would lead to a tsunami of evictions and foreclosures. In order to protect vulnerable tenants experiencing financial hardships due to the pandemic, the County passed eviction moratoriums to mitigate their displacement and further harm. Although, financial relief programs were launched many landlords and tenants, specifically those from disadvantaged communities had difficulty accessing funds. This program intends to fill that gap. The Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) Mortgage Relief Project provides financial relief to property owners to alleviate their tenant’s COVID-19 rental and utilities debt, and, more specifically, for those tenants residing in historically underserved and vulnerable communities in the County of Los Angeles (County). The program will alleviate negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by both providing direct financial relief to address rental/utilities debt for disproportionately COVID-19 impacted tenants to avoid homelessness and by providing property owners with financial relief cause by the tenant’s inability to pay. DCBA will partner with a community-based organization who will provide grant administration and award rental assistance grants up to $30,000 per eligible property owner. Grants can be used to cover the property owner’s tenant as it relates to: 1. Delinquent/outstanding rent payments; and 2. Loss of utilities or home energy services (e.g., electricity, gas, water and sewer, trash removal, and energy costs, such as fuel oil). Additionally, this project will also fund administrative and staff costs to develop and implement this project since August of 2021.
Goals & Objectives
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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4 | Performance | Execute subrecipient agreement with TPA | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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5 | Program Outcome | Program will be promoted in multiple languages to most in need communities | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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6 | Service Delivery | Launch grant application | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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7 | Performance | # of applications reviewed | 1.00 | 133.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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8 | Service Delivery | Number of Grants Provided | 1.00 | 133.00 |
22 | Service Delivery | Total dollar amount of grants disbursed | 0.00 | 4000000.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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12 | Program Outcome | Project Evaluation Completed | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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9 | Performance | Total Number of Grants Disbursed | 0.00 | 133.00 |
22 | Service Delivery | Total dollar amount of grants disbursed | 0.00 | 4000000.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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1 | Service Delivery | Number of Grants Provided | 0.00 | 90.00 |
Indicators
# | Type | Name | Baseline | Target |
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1 | Program Outcome | Total dollar amount of grants disbursed | 0.00 | 2700000.00 |
1 | Program Outcome | Number of Grants Provided | 0.00 | 90.00 |