DCF, the Fla. section billed with distributing $850M of federal cash to help with rental support, introduced a devoted web-site to get cash to landlords and utility providers. Programs need to be out there quickly, and payments can be immediate-deposited into business accounts.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida’s Office of Small children and Families (DCF) took its very first stage to get $850 million in federal recovery cash into the arms of landlords and utility providers.
In a Thursday webinar, DCF announced the debut of a new web-site – OURFlorida.com (Chance for Utilities and Rental Guidance) – that will function as a central hub for queries, auxiliary support and distributing aid purposes, which are not out there yet.
The web-site even now has a amount of “coming soon” options, but it does have a checklist of routinely questioned queries (FAQs).
When will the web-site begin to settle for landlord purposes for rental reimbursement? Officials did not supply a date, but Michael Williams, director of specific assignments for DCF, stated in response to a issue that they could be out there within just a week.
Notable things from DCF’s announcement
- Landlords can obtain funding as a immediate deposit into their lender account – it will not go via tenants.
- Landlords can apply for missing-lease reimbursement only for time intervals in which they did not obtain county support – the two cannot overlap. Nonetheless, if a missing rental period of time lasts for 6 months and they been given county support for a few months, they can apply for the a few months not lined by the county.
- Landlords apply via the OURFlorida.com web-site to obtain cash.
- OURFlorida.com guests can signal up for an e-newsletter to get funding updates.
DCF questioned webinar participants to encourage the new web-site and approaching application process – to “spread the term.” The web-site will involve a toolkit (coming quickly) with things that can be shared on social media and made use of in other means.
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