Overview
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Rental Assistance for Tenants (RAFT) provides rental assistance to households impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligible households must reside within the city of Las Vegas jurisdiction and have incomes at or below 80 percent Area Median Income (AMI). Confirm whether you live in city limits here.
Priority will be given to households whose incomes are at or below 50% AMI and/or unemployed for 90 days or more.
Financial assistance will be provided for up to 18 months to include rent and rent arrears, home energy costs and other expenses related to housing. Households that have already received financial assistance through the Clark County CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP) are able to apply; however, if the aggregated amount of financial assistance received through CHAP has exceeded 18 months, that household will not be eligible.
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Applicants will be asked to setup an account. Please note passwords must:
- be at least 12 characters
- contain at least one uppercase letter
- contain one special character
Eligibility
Applicants must be a city of Las Vegas resident and reside in a rental property located within city limits. To verify an address, please visit www.lasvegasnevada.gov/citylimits
Those who do not reside within city limits are encouraged to visit chap.clarkcountynv.gov for housing assistance.
Households need to meet the following criteria to be eligible:
- One or more individuals within the household has qualified for unemployment benefits or experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs or experienced other financial hardship during or due, directly or indirectly, to the coronavirus pandemic.
- One or more individuals within the household can demonstrate a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
- The household is a low-income family, as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). *Please review the chart below to verify the household gross annual income does not exceed 80% AMI.
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Eviction Help
Residents facing eviction can visit
lasvegasnevada.gov/evictioninfo for more information and resources.
APPLY NOW for Rental Assistance
Applicants will be asked to setup an account. Please note passwords must:
- be at least 12 characters
- contain at least one uppercase letter
- contain one special character
Partners
Clark County CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP)
Applicants must be current residents of Clark County, NV.
Applicants must be current residents of Henderson or North Las Vegas.
Applicants must be current residents of North Las Vegas.
Applicants must be current residents of North Las Vegas & Southwest Gas Energy Assistance
Applicants must be current residents of North Las Vegas
Applicants must be current residents of North Las Vegas
Emergency Aid of Boulder City, Inc.
Applicants must be current residents of Boulder City.
Clark County Social Services-FAS
Applicants must be eligible indigent members of the community.
Rent and Utility Assistance
Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County (EOB)
Rent and Utility Assistance
Family Promise of Las Vegas
Project REACH – NV Energy Foundation
Moving expenses due to displacement of COVID-19
Landlords
Landlord Application
For Landlords applying for unpaid or future rent on behalf of tenants:
- Verify if the property address of your tenant(s) is located within city of Las Vegas limits by using this link.
- If the property is outside of city of Las Vegas limits, you may encourage your tenant(s) to apply for assistance through Clark County’s CHAP program
- All payments must be used to satisfy the Tenant’s rental obligations
What can I do to get ready?
- Identify which units and households you think qualify.
- Gather leases for each unit and households identified.
- Assemble the most recent rent statement or ledger for each unit and household identified.
- Have your W-9 completed and ready.
- View the application how to document.
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Applicants will be asked to setup an account. Please note passwords must:
- be at least 12 characters
- contain at least one uppercase letter
- contain one special character
Required Documentation
The following photocopies and digital documents will be required to submit the online application:
- Documentation for verifying one or more individuals within the household has qualified for unemployment benefits or experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced other financial hardship during or due, directly or indirectly, to the coronavirus pandemic. Including but not limited to: job loss, loss of hours, income, eviction or delinquency notice
- Documentation verifying one or more individuals within the household can demonstrate a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability
- Last two months of the most recent paycheck stubs for ALL members of the household 18 years and older..
- Other sources of income for ALL members of the household over 18 years of age, including but not limited to, current Social Security/SSI benefit letter and unemployment checks/statement. Child support or alimony that requires a child support agreement and divorce decree as evidence of payment and any other retirement pension statements.
- A copy of most current two months of bank statements for all checking accounts, savings accounts, money market, etc.
- A copy of applicant’s driver’s license
- A copy of most recent year tax return for each adult member 18 years and older.
- A copy of the current lease agreement.
APPLY NOW
Applicants will be asked to setup an account. Please note passwords must:
- be at least 12 characters
- contain at least one uppercase letter
- contain one special character