Emergency Rental Assistance Program

ERA 1 provided $25 billion for direct payments to eligible grantees, with $400 million reserved for U.S. Territories; $800 million reserved for the DHHL and Indian Tribes, or their Tribally designated housing entities, as applicable; and $23.785 billion allocated to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and eligible local governments. Each State and the District of Columbia received a minimum payment no less than $200 million for fiscal year 2021. The period of performance for ERA1 awards ended on September 30, 2022 for ERA1 grantees that recieved the initial allocation and for ERA1 grantees that received reallocated funds, the period of performance ended on December 29, 2022. ERA 2 provides $21.55 billion for direct payments to ERA 2 eligible grantees, with $305 million reserved for U.S. Territories and approximately $21 billion allocated to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents. Each State and the District of Columbia shall receive a minimum payment no less than $152 million. Amounts paid to States and the District of Columbia are based on the 2020 population estimates. Amounts paid to eligible local governments are based on the 2019 population estimates of the relative local government population share of the state population. Payments to States are subject to reduction based on payments made to eligible local governments. Local governments are eligible to receive direct payment if they are a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the state level with a population that exceeds 200,000 residents. The period of performance for ERA2 awards ended on September 30, 2025.