Emergency Rental Assistance Program — CFDA 21.023

Rental-assistance obligations at $19.0 billion

USAspending.gov records $18,989,697,932.33 in obligations under CFDA 21.023. Three hundred twenty-seven awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $58.1 million per award. Emergency rental assistance in federal files often appears as large grants to states, territories, and local governments rather than one row per tenant.

The assistance-listing title is EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. CFDA 21.023 is the identifier. Other pandemic-era listings in the CFDA file are separate rows and are not included in the $19.0 billion. Adding them would invent a combined pandemic-housing total this packet does not contain.

Two hundred seventy-five recipients, 52 states

Two hundred seventy-five recipients share 327 awards — about 1.2 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $19.0 billion evenly would assign about $69 million per recipient. The near one-to-one award-to-recipient pattern means most named governments hold a single assistance record in this extract, unlike research CFDAs with many awards per university.

Fifty-two states in the geographic count show nationwide coding in the USAspending state field. It does not equalize dollars or publish eviction counts. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Awards are not households kept housed

Award count (327) is a count of assistance records. It is not the number of tenants, landlords, or months of rent covered. A single recipient can administer many household payments under one federal award row. Citing 327 as families served would be a unit error.

The packet does not report average assistance per household, arrears versus prospective rent, or utility aid. Those details live in other reports. This page stays on the four USAspending facts.

Obligations versus rent paid

The $19.0 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash drawn by the 275 recipients and, downstream, paid as rent — are not in the packet. A grantee can be fully obligated while household applications are still being processed. Deobligations of unused funds would reduce the stock; this page does not estimate unused balances.

Use CFDA 21.023 to size the Emergency Rental Assistance Program in the assistance file. Do not use it as an eviction-rate series. Evictions are not a field in this extract.

Where to read 21.023

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program page overlays these aggregates. The all-programs index ranks 21.023 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency totals that may include this CFDA among other listings. For 21.023 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 21.023 stores $18,989,697,932.33 in obligations on 327 awards and 275 recipients, with a 52-state geographic count. The near one-to-one award-to-recipient pattern (about 1.2 records per organization) means most named governments hold a single assistance row in this extract. About $58.1 million per award describes those government grants, not a typical household rent payment. Three hundred twenty-seven is not a household caseload.

Eviction counts, arrears versus prospective rent, and outlays paid as rent are outside the four facts. Keep this listing on its own CFDA row. The Emergency Rental Assistance program page overlays 21.023. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Hundreds of recipients, not tens of thousands of households

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program, CFDA 21.023, shows $18,989,697,932.33 in obligations, 327 awards, 275 recipients, and 52 states on USAspending.gov. Two hundred seventy-five named organizations against 327 awards is about 1.2 records per recipient — a near one-to-one pattern, unlike research CFDAs with a dozen awards per university. About $58.1 million per award and about $69 million per recipient on simple averages describe large grants to governments, not one USAspending row per tenant.

Fifty-two in the geographic count is nationwide coding in the USAspending state field. It does not publish eviction counts or equalize dollars. Three hundred twenty-seven awards is not 327 households kept housed. A single recipient can administer many household payments under one federal award row. The packet does not report average assistance per household.

Keep 21.023 on its own row. Other pandemic listings are separate. Outlays as rent paid are not in the packet. The program page overlays Emergency Rental Assistance; the programs index ranks 21.023; agency pages show awarding-agency rollups. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for emergency rental assistance?

USAspending.gov records $18,989,697,932.33 in obligations for CFDA 21.023. SpendingVault indexes 327 awards, 275 recipients, and 52 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a count of households that received rent aid. CFDA 21.023’s $19.0 billion on 327 awards and 275 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many governments received CFDA 21.023 awards?

The extract lists 275 recipients against 327 awards, about 1.2 award records per recipient. A simple even split of $19.0 billion would be about $69 million per recipient; actual amounts vary. Names are on the program page. The packet does not list household beneficiaries.

Is emergency rental assistance the same as the Coronavirus Relief Fund?

No. Emergency Rental Assistance is CFDA 21.023 with $19.0 billion in indexed obligations. The Coronavirus Relief Fund is a different CFDA. This page does not merge the two listings. Geographic coding for 21.023 covers 52 states in the USAspending count.

Is $19.0 billion already paid as rent?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments on assistance awards tagged 21.023. Outlays are payments. This page reports the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. Household payments, landlord disbursements, and remaining balances are outside the packet. CFDA 21.023’s $19.0 billion on 327 awards and 275 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.