EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM
VMC's Bush Family Refuge is so excited to have been recently awarded a grant to expand our homelessness prevention services. The Refuge already helps struggling individuals and families with rent and utility assistance. This new grant funding, the Emergency Rental Assistance-Eviction Prevention Program, expands the Refuge's capability by allowing VMC to help families and individuals that have been impacted by COVID with rent and utilities and are facing possible eviction proceedings.
NOTICE: VMC's Eviction Prevention Program is on temporarily on-hold due to the large volume of applications we have received. The program will resume in the near future.
YOU MAY BE ELGIBLE IF YOU
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Have experienced income loss directly or indirectly related to Covid-19
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Are below 80% of Area Median Income
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Live in Knox County
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Are a renter with a lease
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Are past due on rent or utilities
HOW TO APPLY
Call VMC’s Bush Family Refuge at 865-673-0235 to schedule an appointment to complete an application to fully determine your eligibility. (Application may be completed by appointment only)
DOCUMENTS TO BRING WITH YOU TO YOUR APPOINTMENT
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Valid government issued photo ID
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Income documentation for the past 2 months for everyone in the household over 18 years of age listed on the lease
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Copy of latest notice of past due rent; or eviction letter and/or detainer warrant
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Copy of current rent ledger
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Current lease with tenant and landlord signatures
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Copy of latest past due utility bill, if applicable
BUSH FAMILY REFUGE HOURS AND LOCATION
The Bush Family Refuge is open from 9am – 4pm Monday through Thursday and is located in the main VMC Facility at 511 N Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917.