Your friends in Memphis can help with your rent & utilities!
Rent & Utility Assistance
At Friends For All, we work hard to provide our community members with assistance with rent/mortgage and utility expenses when needed. Friends provides our clients with rent, utility, and mortgage assistance for those who qualify. View below for more information and requirements to obtain assistance. Click here to download the full Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility document PDF, with an included Zero Income Affidavit form. Scroll down for more information on how you can be assisted!
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EFA services are available to eligible clients who need help with expenses related to essential HIV medications, eyeglasses (must be directly related to HIV infection), utilities, and emergency short-term housing. These services can only be requested through a medical case manager and are only available when funding is available. The client must be Ryan White certified and must have a legible utility bill or estimate for the cost of the eyeglasses (clients cannot purchase eyeglasses prior to approval). Each client is eligible for up to $500.00 in assistance per grant year depending on the availability of funds and client eligibility.
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To apply for EFA, you must contact your Ryan White medical case manager.
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This program prevents homelessness by providing individuals or families with assistance for rent, mortgage, and/or utility bills. This program serves counties in Tennessee (Shelby, Tipton, and Fayette), Arkansas (Crittenden), and Mississippi (DeSoto, Tunica, Marshall, and Tate). Eligible clients could apply for up to 21 weeks (about 5 months) of assistance during a 52-week period. All applicants must be on the lease or be the account holder of the mortgage. Month-to-month or expired leases are not accepted. Clients must be the account holder of the utility bill unless the applicant can provide proof such as a bank statement to show that they are responsible for paying the utility bill. Tennessee residents must be in a cut-off status to apply for utility assistance, but Mississippi and Arkansas residents do not. STRMU assistance cannot provide rent or utility assistance to clients that are receiving housing assistance through another program. All applicants must provide the following items:
copies of IDs and social security cards for everyone living in their household
lease or mortgage statement
Documentation of all household income for all household members
Legible utility bill, and proof of medical status (Copy of the confirmatory test results or letter from a physician). To use this program voucher, applicants must be able to meet landlord requirements and have landlord approval for the unit.
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To apply for Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance (STRMU), please click here to complete a STRMU application.
Our housing team at Friends has several options to help you with rent and utility assistance. We have two main programs to help our clients/Mid-South Friends get the help they need. Select one of the dropdown options below to learn more!
GET ASSISTANCE
Have questions or concerns regarding our housing assistance options at Friends? Please fill out the form below to contact a member of our Housing team. Please allow for 48 business hours for a team member to contact you. If you are having trouble with turning in or completing your required documents, please contact your medical case manager.