Alert date May 28, 2021

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Have you received an invite?
If you have received an email or text invitation, from your landlord, you have already been pre-registered. You may now apply for rental assistance using the link from your invitation. If you are expecting an email invitation, please check your junk and spam folders for an email from DCHSRentalAssistance@kingcounty.gov.

What you will need
Your email or text invitation link
Basic information about all household members
Evidence of income for all adults (18+) in the household
Evidence of financial hardship due to COVID-19
Evidence of past due rent
To read and agree to the Tenant Release of Information for EPRAP – shown below
If you haven’t received an invite…
You may pre-register to be included in the tenant selection pool. You must meet the household eligibility requirements below to pre-register.

Tenant selection pool
Each week, we will randomly select registered tenants to participate in the program. The number selected will vary based on service providers’ capacity. Weekly selections will continue until all EPRAP funds are disbursed.

King County is also operating the City of Seattle’s tenant selection pool. Until the City’s funds are disbursed, Seattle residents will have two chances to be selected each week; first in the Seattle selection process, and secondly in the wider King County selection process.

Once you register, you can sign back into this website at any time to check your status. If you are selected, one of our contracted community-based organizations will send you information about next steps via text and/or email message in your preferred language.

Household eligibility
An “eligible household” is defined as a renter household where at least one or more individuals meets the following criteria:

Residence within the King County geographical area
A lease; or proof of regular recurring rent payments
Household income at or below 50% of Area Median Income; households can use 2020 income or current income to prove eligibility;
Median family income 50% Income limits* ($) by number of persons in family.
* Seattle – Bellevue, WA HUD Metro FMR Area Median Income Limits
Must prove they are experiencing a financial hardship directly or indirectly due to the COVID-19 outbreak;
Must prove they are at risk of experiencing homelessness or currently experiencing housing instability
Rental assistance provided to an eligible household cannot duplicate any other federally funded rental assistance provided to the household. Eligible households that include an individual who has been unemployed for the 90 days prior to application for assistance and households with income at or below 50% of the area median are to be prioritized for assistance

*US Citizenship is not a requirement under EPRAP assistance. We will not ask for information about immigration status.

Tenant Release of Information for EPRAP
Acknowledgment
I understand that at no point will information about the immigration status of my household members be collected.
I understand that participating agencies will be required to use secure data systems. They will be held accountable for keeping my household’s personal information confidential.
Agreement
I agree to allow King County to share my household’s information with local community-based organizations who will help me further process my application for rental assistance.
I agree to allow King County to use my household’s information to help monitor and/or to conduct research about how EPRAP is working. I understand that in these activities my household’s personal information will always be kept confidential.
I understand that King County is operating a tenant selection pool for the City of Seattle. If selected for the Seattle EPRAP program, King County will share my household’s information with the United Way of King County to further process my application for rental assistance. I also understand that if I am a resident of the City of Seattle, that my information may be used as described in Agreement 1 and 2 above by the City of Seattle.
I understand that the funds provided for rental assistance require that there is no duplication of payment. I agree to inform the Agency assigned to assist me with processing my application, if I have been assisted with rent by any other funding source.
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