CAA Eviction Relief Fund — The Community Action Agency is now assisting those who have been impacted by COVID-19 or experiencing homelessness with rent, mortgage, water and utilities. 

Apply for CARES Act Rent and Utility Assistance Program — The Hamilton County CARES Rent and Utility Relief Program draws on CARES Act funds to provide short-term assistance to renters who live in Hamilton County and can document income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The County will pay up to $5,000 for rent and utilities for households at or below 80 percent of the Area Median Income.

Caring Place Of Cincinnati — Get rent assistance, housing counseling and more. Call (513) 841-1499, residents of Golf Manor, Kennedy Heights, Pleasant Ridge and Silverton, Ohio 

Central Access Point (CAP) is a referral service for placement in emergency or transitional shelter. Call (513) 381-SAFE (7233); email.

Cincinnati Department of Community Development — Rental and home-buying resources. Call (513) 352-6264

Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority

Community Action Agency — Hamilton County Eviction Prevention Program: (513) 569-1840, Option 4

Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless — Provides advocacy and education about affordable housing. It can serve as a mailing address for those without one. Helps with tenant organizing. 

Greater Cincinnati Water Works Emergency Rental Assistance — Apply today for Emergency Rental Assistance for renters (tenants) residing in the City of Cincinnati. The Emergency Rental Assistance will pay up to 18 months of past due and current water, sewer, and stormwater charges that accrued after March 2020.

• Hamilton County Emergency Rental Assistance

Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) — Fights housing discrimination and provides education on housing rights for families and individuals. 

Legal Aid Society Of Greater Cincinnati assists tenants with housing issues. This can include advice on eviction and homeless prevention services, disputes over deposits and unsafe housing or apartments. Lawyers from the pro-bono firm help qualified low-income residents of Hamilton County. Call (513) 241-9400.

Mercy Franciscan at St. John — By appointment only. Call (513) 981-5800. Support is offered only if the applicant has an eviction notice from a house or apartment, and the applicant must also have a family. 

Project Connect — provides support to families who have been displaced from their housing by eliminating educational barriers and providing services for children and youth, such as transportation, enrollment, backpacks, school supplies and uniforms. Project Connect also informs families about and advocates for the federal McKinney-Vento laws enacted to protect the education of students experiencing homelessness. Refer a family to Project Connect.

St. Vincent de Paul Eviction Prevention — (513) 562-8842, ext. 771

Strategies to End Homelessness — Strategies to End Homelessness now has an app that can be used throughout the community to report persons living on the street who are experiencing homelessness.