City of Bowie Rental Assistance
Application Period Closed

THE CITY OF BOWIE
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The City of Bowie’s COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is CLOSED and not currently accepting new applications. If you applied previously you will be notified directly of your status.

If you were not awarded funds from the City’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, individuals and families can apply for support through one of the agencies listed below. If you are in imminent risk of homelessness or losing housing, please contact one of the sources listed below immediately.

Other Sources of Support 

State of Maryland

Maryland Emergency Rental Assistance 

Emergency Rental Assistance Program (maryland.gov)

Maryland Court Help Link

Housing Cases | Maryland Courts (mdcourts.gov)

Maryland Department of Human Services

Emergency Assistance - Maryland Department of Human Services

Maryland Eviction Prevention

Eviction Prevention | 211 Maryland (211md.org)

Prince George’s County (PGC)

The Prince George’s County Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) offers relief to landlords on behalf of renters and tenants experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Individual tenants can also apply directly to the County’s ERAP for assistance.

PGC Emergency Rental Assistance

Emergency Rental Assistance Program | Prince George's County, MD (princegeorgescountymd.gov)

Application Assistance

United Communities Against Poverty, Inc. (UCAP)

1400 Doewood Lane, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
301-322-5700 (call to drop off application package)

Casa de Maryland

8151 15th Avenue, Langley Park, MD 20783
240-491-5763 (call to make an appointment)

Housing Initiative Partnership, Inc. (HIP)

6525 Belcrest Road, Suite 555, Hyattsville, MD 20782
667-260-7728 (call to make an appointment)

Centro De Apoyo Familiar (CAF)

6901 Kenilworth Avenue, Suite 110, Riverdale, MD 20737
301-328-3292 (call to make an appointment)

Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development, Inc. (SEED)

6201 Riverdale Road, Ste 200,Riverdale, MD 20737
301-458-9808 (call to make an appointment)

Laurel Advocacy Referral Service (LARS)

311 Laurel Avenue, Laurel, MD 20707
301-776-0442
Serving zip codes 20707 and 20708
Appointments can be booked online at: LARS ERA Assistance

Mission of Love (MOLC)

6180 Old Central Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
301-333-4440 (call to make an appointment)

Housing Options & Planning Enterprises, Inc.

6188 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 700, Oxon Hill, MD 20745
301-567-3330 (call to make an appointment)

Past Bowie CARES Act Activities

Landlord Surveys

Spring 2021 Landlord Survey

This survey is intended to provide data on the impact of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC for current rental property owners/management firms in the City of Bowie, for the months of October through March (10/31/20 - 3/31/21). Please submit data for ONLY these months. This data will be treated as confidential and is for policy research related to the City’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program and will not be shared with external parties as individual or aggregated data; only City of Bowie totals. 

PLEASE RETURN by April 30, 2021.

 Complete Spring 2021 Landlord Survey here

 Summer 2020 Landlord Survey

The City of Bowie invited landlords of multifamily buildings complete the following survey by Monday, August 3, 2020: https://www.cityofbowie.org/landlordsurvey 

Public Hearings

In accordance with the federal regulations relative to citizen participation for Community Planning and Development Programs and applicable waivers made available to those requirements through the CARES Act as set forth in the memorandum from U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), dated April 9, 2020, the City of Bowie has made available to the public for review and comment an amendment to the 2019 Annual Action Plan. Also pursuant to waivers provided by HUD, the City of Bowie amended its Citizen Participation Plan by revising the public comment period for amendments in response to state and national emergencies from 30 calendar days to 5 calendar days. 

The Public Hearing, a virtual/online public meeting, was held on Monday, June 1, 2020, at 8 p.m. This virtual/online meeting could be accessed/viewed live at: www.cityofbowie.org/viewmeetings. The virtual/online meeting was consistent with federal, state, and local emergency declarations regarding the COVID-19 crisis. This was an amendment to enable the City of Bowie to receive and administer $116,863 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from HUD made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The funding will be used to facilitate assistance to persons and entities impacted by COVID-19. Eligible CDBG activities will include assisting low- and moderate-income households with rental assistance, increasing access to food through local nonprofit service providers, and acquisition of PPE and other supplies for homeless and housing outreach services and assistance.

The draft amendment regarding the plans for the grant funding can be viewed here. This Action Plan amendment was available for a 5-day public review and comment period from May 25, 2020 to May 29, 2020. All comments received were included in the Final Plan Amendment sent to HUD along with the City’s responses.

Comments submitted as testimony to be read at the virtual City Council public hearing on June 1 were submitted to cityclerk@cityofbowie.org by 7 p.m. on June 1. All comments received were included in the Final Plan Amendment sent to HUD