Have your tenants had difficulty making rent payments as a result of the COVID-19 emergency? The Small Landlord Emergency Grant (SLEG) Program is reopening and expanding to reimburse owners of three- to 30-unit rental properties for lost rent revenue due to COVID-19 between April and July 2020, as long as they agree to forgive outstanding back rent and late fees that their tenant accrued during this time.
Applications are open now
until October 13 at 4 p.m. EDT
Eligibilty Requirements
To be eligible for the SLEG Program, the applicant and the applicant’s rental property must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- The applicant is the Primary Property Owner of at least one small residential rental (i.e., not condominium or cooperative) property in New Jersey and is registered with NJDCA’s Bureau of Housing Inspection.
- NJHMFA will screen the property for outstanding life safety code violations in NJDCA’s Registration Inspection Management System (RIMS).
- The applicant is NOT a government entity or public housing authority.
- The applicant is current on all state and local tax obligations.
- The applicant’s property contains at least three and no more than 30 total housing units.
- The applicant’s property is NOT a seasonal or vacation rental property.
- The applicant’s property contains at least one non-vacant “COVID-impacted” unit with a net rent deficit between April and July 2020. This means that the total rent due from the tenant in this four-month period exceeds the amount paid by the tenant during this period.
- The COVID-impacted unit(s) for which the applicant is seeking rent reimbursement have low-to-moderate rent levels (i.e., have rents less than or equal to the amounts listed in the chart below). Maximum rents are based on rent levels that would be affordable to a household making 80% of area median income. Please note that if a unit has an above-threshold rent for its bedroom size, that unit is ineligible for assistance. No partial assistance will be awarded.
To begin a new application, click here.