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Maricopa County is no longer taking applications for COVID Crisis Rental Assistance.
Maricopa County understands the serious economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and families throughout Maricopa County and has dedicated significant resources for rent assistance. Unfortunately, the number of requests for rent assistance has exceeded the amount of funding available. No new applications will be accepted
If you have experienced an economic hardship due to COVID-19, you may be eligible for the CDC eviction moratorium. For more information, please see https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/declaration-form.pdf.
At this time, Maricopa County is no longer accepting applications for COVID Crisis Rental Assistance (CCRA). If you have already applied, your application will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds has been expended. Each applicant will receive an email and/or a phone call regarding their application status. Completed applications that were received but were not able to receive assistance will be retained for future consideration if other federal funds with the same eligibility criteria become available.
For residents living outside the cities of Glendale, Mesa, and Phoenix, rental assistance may still be available, on a much more limited scale, through Community Action Program (CAP) offices located throughout the County. You must reside in the CAP office’s service area in order to apply.
If you live in Glendale, Mesa, or Phoenix, please click on the links below to learn about rental assistance programs in your area:
- Glendale: City of Glendale
- Mesa: City of Mesa
- Phoenix: Local Agencies
Please note, we are unable to provide landlords with application and/or payment status. Additional information for landlords are listed below in FAQs.
Community Action Program Offices
CAP Office | Service Areas | Phone Number | Address |
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City of Avondale | Avondale Goodyear Litchfield Park |
623-333-2703 | 328 W. Western Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 |
AZCEND | Chandler Gilbert Higley Queen Creek Sun Lakes |
480-963-1423 | 345 S. California St. Chandler, AZ 85225 |
Buckeye | Buckeye Harquehala Palo Verde Rainbow Valley Tonopah |
602-506-1111 | Address not available |
Cave Creek | Anthem Carefree Cave Creek New River |
602-506-1111 | Address not available |
Town of Gila Bend | Agua Caliente Gila Bend Hyder Paloma Sentinel |
928-683-6502 | 303 E. Pima Gila Bend, AZ 85337 |
City of Glendale | Glendale | 623-930-2854 | 5850 W. Glendale Ave. Glendale, AZ 85301 |
Town of Guadalupe | Guadalupe | 480-730-3093 | 9241 S. Avenida del Yaqui Guadalupe, AZ 85283 |
City of Peoria | Peoria Sun City Sun City West Youngtown Waddell
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623-979-3911
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8335 W. Jefferson St. Peoria, AZ 85345
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City of Scottsdale | Paiute Scottsdale |
480-312-2323
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7700 E. Roosevelt St. Scottsdale, AZ 85257 |
City of Surprise | El Mirage Surprise |
623-222-4673
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12425 W. Bell Rd. Surprise, AZ 85378 |
Tempe Community Action Agency | Fountain Hills Tempe |
480-422-8922 | 2146 E. Apache Blvd. Tempe, AZ 85281 |
City of Tolleson | Tolleson | 623-936-2760 | 9555 W. Van Buren St. Tolleson, AZ 85353 |
Town of Wickenburg | Aguila Circle City Morristown Wickenburg Wittman |
928-684-7894 | 466 W. Wickenburg Way Wickenburg, AZ 85390
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Landlord FAQs
CCRA applications are only accepted from tenants/renters, and not from landlords. Please direct your tenant/renter to visit the County CCRA website for information on how to apply at https://www.maricopa.gov/5583/COVID-Crisis-Rental-Assistance.
A Landlord can either provide a W9 to the renter applicant or register as a County vendor at: a Maricopa County Vendor at: https://azdom-vss-ext.hostams.com/PRDVSS2X1/Advantage4. W9s and/or registration as a County vendor is required for a CCRA payment to be made to a Landlord. Maricopa County is issuing a payment (income) to a landlord, which according to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires the County to provide the Landlord with a 1099 Form. The W9 and/or registration as a County vendor provides the detailed information (including Social Security Number and/or Employer Identification Number) to ensure the landlord is a valid entity and allows checks to be issued to the Landlord. The Landlord Verification Form is required as it validates from the landlord which months’ rent are owed and/or due from the tenant as well as provides the Landlord’s contact information and payment address.
If you have already completed a Landlord Verification Form for a tenant once before, and they are requesting you to do it again this is due to them requesting an additional assistance payment. The Landlord Verification Form is required to verify which months’ rent is owed and/or due. However, the W9 and/or vendor registration is not required again as you have already received payment from Maricopa County, and as such are a registered vendor.
The Landlord Verification Form must still be completed for each individual tenant requesting CCRA. This form verifies which months’ rent is owed and/or due. If the tenant is approved for CCRA, vendor registration will be verified during the payment process. If it is determined that a Landlord is not registered as a vendor, then the application will be returned to the tenant’s case worker and tenant and/or case worker will notify you that a W9 form or registration as a County vendor is required.
Due to the large volume of CCRA payments, we are unable to provide additional information regarding specific tenants or CCRA payment amounts. Please request CCRA status from your tenant directly.
Upon tenant final CCRA approval from Maricopa County, a Landlord can expect a payment within 10 days. If an email is provided on the Landlord Verification Form, the Landlord will receive an email upon check issuance.
Due to the large volume of CCRA payments, we are unable to provide additional information regarding specific tenants or CCRA payment amounts. If you have received a check issuance notification, the check will be mailed to the remittance address you listed on the Landlord Verification Form, and can be expected to be received based on typical United States Postal Service processing timeframes.
A Landlord who wants to receive payments via EFT must register themselves as a Maricopa County Vendor at: https://azdom-vss-ext.hostams.com/PRDVSS2X1/Advantage4. During this registration, bank information will need to be provided. After registration is complete, a $0.00 prenote test will be sent to your bank. This prenote begins the “test cycle” to ensure that the information provided was accurately entered in the financial system. It takes approximately 9 days to complete this test cycle (the account will be on “hold payment” status during the prenote test). If there are no problems with the test cycle, EFT payments will begin thereafter.
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