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Learn about the Durham Rent Relief Program
The Durham Rent Relief Program provides up to 18 months of rental and utility assistance to City of Durham residents who have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis until funding runs out.
Quick facts
- Renters and landlords can apply for assistance through the program.
- Residents of public housing, renters receiving project-based rental assistance, and renters with housing vouchers can receive assistance through the program.
- Hotel and motel residents can receive assistance through the program.
- Immigrants of any immigration status can receive assistance through the program.
- Assistance can cover past-due, current and future rent, and past-due and current utility payments.
- Priority is given to renters facing imminent eviction, households with very low incomes, and households with at least one member who has been unemployed for more than 90 days.
- Renters who received assistance from the Durham Emergency Rental Assistance Program in 2021 can receive assistance from this program as long as it covers different months.
This program is funded by the City of Durham and administered by Legal Aid of North Carolina.
