Community Development

Chester County Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance

• For information on Chester County Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance, click here.
  • DCD grantees of ERAP Funding will serve individuals and families that:
    • Qualify for unemployment or have experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced financial hardship, during or due, directly or indirectly, to COVID-19.
    • Demonstrate a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
    • Have a household income at or below 80 percent of the area median (income limits are subject to change per guidance from the federal government)
  • Qualify by meeting at least one of the following criteria:
    • Possess a court-ordered eviction notice
    • Have a utility shutoff notice
    • Require security deposit assistance for moving to a new rental unit in Chester County. Note that a lease must be in place or ready to sign at the time of the 2-1-1 call.
    • 211 Contact Instructions

Experiencing Homelessness? Need rental assistance? 

• Call 2-1-1.
  Tarde con el pago de la renta? Enfrentando un desalojo? Llame al 2-1-1.
  • Call 211
  • For Homelessness Resources press 2
    • For assistance and resources in Chester County press 2
      • For Homeless Resources press 1
      • For Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance press 2
    • To check on a previous application
      • Call 211
        • For Homelessness Resources press 2
          • For Chester County press 2
          • For Status Update press 3