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Guidance, Emergency Rental Assistance — U.S. Department of the Treasury

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A U.S. Department of the Treasury guidance page for the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program. It states that the period of performance for ERA2 awards has ended and that ERA2 grantees may no longer use ERA2 award funds to assist renters. It lists ERA requirements, award terms, authorizing statutes, FAQs and closeout and reallocation guidance, and states that Treasury does not currently plan to conduct the optional Final Undrawn Funds Assessment or further rounds of reallocation for ERA1. Communications listed include an October 4, 2024 joint notice with Treasury's Office of Inspector General and an August 13, 2025 notice applying provisions of the 2024 revised Uniform Guidance to ERA2 awards.

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“Guidance, Emergency Rental Assistance — U.S. Department of the Treasury.” Original at home.treasury.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/guidance-u-s-department-of-the-treasury-a65b2c2c45/, SHA-256 87f94541e9f14156116f03831d2fa4d739e8206b542c1b6a96bb4f74a0474982.

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U.S. Department of the Treasury

Looking for rental assistance?

The period of performance for ERA2 awards has ended. ERA2 grantees may no longer use ERA2 award funds to assist renters. Renters and landlords can explore other rental assistance resources on the interagency housing portal hosted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Guidance

ERA grantees must comply with the requirements outlined in their ERA Award Terms, including the relevant ERA authorizing program statute, all other applicable federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and Treasury’s guidance (FAQs, reporting guidance, etc.).

ERA Requirements

Award Terms

ERA1 Authorizing Statute

ERA2 Authorizing Statute

ERA1 and ERA2 Guidance

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Other Guidance

ERA2 CLOSEOUT

ERA1 CLOSEOUT

REALLOCATION GUIDANCE

Treasury does not currently plan to conduct the optional Final Undrawn Funds Assessment described in the ERA2 Reallocation Guidance or to perform further rounds of reallocation for ERA1.

ERA2

- Guidance ERA2 Reallocation Guidance (published 3/30/2022, updated 11/16/2022)
- Communications Notice: ERA2 Final Undrawn Funds Assessment (posted 7/26/2023) Notice: ERA2 Final Undrawn Funds Assessment (posted 12/2/2023) ERA Fact Sheet Summary of Reallocation Guidance (published 3/30/2022)

ERA1

Other Communications and Resources

- Communications On August 13, 2025, Treasury notified ERA2 grantees that it would be applying certain provisions of the 2024 revised Uniform Guidance to Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA2) award On October 4, 2024, Treasury and Treasury’s Office of Inspector General sent out a joint notice to remind ERA grantees of their responsibilities related to the use of ERA award funds. On March 5, 2024, Treasury released a notice regarding the use of ERA2 award funds to cover expenses for the acquisition of real property and predevelopment activities to enable construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of affordable rental housing projects serving very low-income families. On May 3, 2023 Treasury released a notice regarding ERA1 assistance provided during the month of December 2022 In the spring of 2021, Treasury released the ERA Fact Sheet (5/7/2021)

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