Borough Of Phoenixville: Chester County Emergency Rental & Utility Assistance Program (ERAP)

Press release from the Borough of Phoenixville:

July 2, 2021

The Emergency Utility and Rental Assistance program serves Chester County residents and can only be accessed by dialing 2-1-1 and selecting the prompt for "Housing Crisis." 

can only be accessed by dialing 2-1-1

To access the program, residents must call 2-1-1 to conduct an initial intake and referral to one of Chester County’s five contracted providersFunding will serve individuals and families that are obligated to pay rent and meet the following three criteria:

Priority of service shall be prioritized to eligible applicants, including:

• Households with individual(s) that have been unemployed for the 90 days prior to application for assistance and households with income at or below 50 percent of the area median.
• Households with housing- and utility-related arrears that could result in imminent eviction or utility shut-off

This press release was produced by the Borough of Phoenixville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.