Emergency Rental Assistance Alabama
Welcome to Emergency Rental Assistance Alabama (ERA Alabama)! We have emergency funds available to help Alabama renters pay rent and utility bills (including past due rent and utilities), subject to applicable requirements detailed at www.eraalabama.com. To begin the process for determining your eligibility, please review each of the options below to determine which one is most suitable for your current situation:
Option #1
AHFA Funded Properties
Do you currently live in an Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AHFA)-funded property?
If you live in one of these properties, you may be eligible for a reduced application processing timeframe based on streamlined documentation and eligibility requirements, per Treasury guidelines.
Please take the completed documentation to your landlord and/or property management company to start the official application process.
Option #2
Alabama Rural Coalition for the Homeless (ARCH)
Do you live in one of the 42 counties served by the Alabama Rural Coalition for the Homeless (ARCH)? ARCH and AHFA are working together to offer rental and utility assistance to rural counties served by both organizations. Check the list below to see if your county is included.
If you live in one of these counties, your application may be eligible for faster processing. Click the link below to learn more and get started.
Option #3
Emergency Rental Assistance Alabama online application
If the above options do not apply to you, verify that you do not live in one of the following areas with their own local emergency rental assistance programs:
- Baldwin County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Mobile County
- Montgomery County
- Tuscaloosa County
- City of Birmingham
- City of Huntsville.
If you do not live in one of these areas, you may qualify for assistance through ERA Alabama.
You may call an ERA Alabama representative at 1-833-620-2434 (toll-free) to apply over the phone. The toll-free number offers access to assistance in multiple languages.
Questions? Call our call center Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST
Help is available in multiple languages