Fairfax County Coordinated Services Planning (through the CSP Call Center and the Landlord Portal) will determine program eligibility and then refer the eligible tenant or landlord to a designated contracted Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) which will process all financial payments on behalf of the applicant. Payments will be made directly to the landlord. The applicant will not receive direct financial assistance.
Eligible households that qualify as very low income (less than 50% Area Median Income) and/or households in which one or more member is unemployed and has been unemployed for 90 days will be given priority. The program will process applications as they are received. At this time, funds are available to provide financial assistance to all anticipated eligible applicants. If in administering the Emergency Rental Assistance Bridge Program ERA-BP 2.0, the program becomes oversubscribed and there are insufficient funds to provide financial assistance to all eligible applicants, eligible households that are very low income and/or households in which one or more member is unemployed and has been unemployed for 90 days will be flagged by CSP specialist and these referrals will be paid first.
The county will utilize the FairFACS database to track eligibility and payments made on behalf of eligible households. Data will be extracted from this system to meet federal reporting requirements.