City Of Las Vegas: Information For Residents Facing Eviction

Press release from the City of Las Vegas:

Jul 29, 2021

If you are a renter concerned about being evicted for nonpaymentof rent, you must fill out and submit an application for CHAP assistance on theapplication portal at http://CHAP.ClarkCountyNV.gov.

Required documents include:

Residents can also send emails for assistance to CHAPinfo@ClarkCountyNV.gov and CHAPayuda@ClarkCountyNV.gov inSpanish or call the Help Line at 702.455.4071.

If you need help, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada is available at 702-386-1070 or visit www.civillawselfhelpcenter.org. More resources are available at www.lacsn.org/covid-19. 

Landlords can register their account on the landlord portal by going to http://CHAP.ClarkCountyNV.gov & clicking on “Visit Portal” in the landlord portal section. Landlords can call the CHAP Help Line at 702.455.4071 for questions about the landlord portal.

Recently passed legislation (AB 486) creates a path for the end of the eviction moratorium. The law ensures that both landlords and tenants will receive the benefit of $360 million in federally funded rental assistance to keep tenants in their homes, pay landlords, and prevent avoidable evictions. This legislation helps ensure that qualified tenants who are awaiting rental assistance applications to be processed are protected from being evicted for nonpayment of rent.

If you are a renter, you MUST apply for this assistance. If rental assistance is available, a landlord can accept it and the tenant can remain housed and avoid a preventable eviction. If the tenant desires to move out, there can be an agreement on a move-out date with payment. The parties are free to work out any agreement as they see fit.

Resources

Tenant Rights

It is important for all residents to know their tenant rights:

If you are facing eviction, please be sure to document any communication between yourself and your landlord to show your efforts and discussion towards mediation due to COVID-19.

If you feel you are facing housing discrimination please contact:

This press release was produced by the City of Las Vegas. The views expressed here are the author’s own.