Riverside County renters and landlords struggling during the pandemic economy can tap what’s left of a $33 million assistance fund provided by Riverside County Rental Relief program.
The United Lift program was created to help renters countywide who have been negatively affected by COVID-19 and the government-mandated lockdowns. Inland SoCal United Way, Riverside County, and Lift to Rise in the Coachella Valley are managing the applications and distribution of aid.
Tenants who can prove they’ve suffered job or income loss due to the pandemic qualify for up to $3,500 in rental aid. There is one key exception: their landlord cannot be a relative. All money provided goes directly to a tenant’s landlord to help pay down rental debt.
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The program has spent about $9 million so far helping landlords and tenants, said Kimberly Starrs, vice president of external affairs with Inland United Way, Riverside County. All of the money, funded by the county, needs to be spent by December.
There are no income limits for tenants, and landlords only need to provide a rental agreement and W9 to participate. There is also no limit for landlords experiencing tough times.
For example, Starrs said the program recently wrote a check for $500,000 to a single landlord to help 140 families.
“We are encouraging landlords to work directly with us, as we are able to help more families this way at once,” she said.
The county’s Board of Supervisors is both the funding and operational partner in the program, Starrs said. “The staff at the Housing, Homelessness Prevention, and Workforce Solutions Department have worked so hard to build this program. We are grateful that we are able to execute this program with their leadership and support.”
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Mega Lion Inc., a third-party logistics distributor, has signed a long-term lease for a 132,423-square-foot building in Santa Fe Springs, according to NAI Capital. The building at 13021 Leffingwell Road is within the 284-acre Golden Springs Business Center. The leased space is part of a 296,583-square-foot multi-tenant warehouse built in 1999. (Courtesy of NAI Capital)
Riverside County renters and landlords struggling during the pandemic economy can and who can prove they’ve suffered job or income loss due to the pandemic qualify for up to $3,500 in rental aid. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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For more information about the program, go to www.unitedlift.org.
Tenants who cannot apply online can contact Inland SoCal United Way at 951-328-8280 or via email at countycares@uwiv.org, and Lift to Rise in the Coachella Valley at 760-274-8600 or rentalsupport@lifttorise.org
The rental crisis is impacting a broad swath of the Inland Empire. In Riverside and San Bernardino counties, 336,000 adults were living in households that were behind on rent in the week ended Aug. 31, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. That’s 30% of all tenants in the region and almost twice the rate in Los Angeles and Orange counties, where 17% of all tenants were behind on payments.
Cybersecurity event goes virtual
The annual Inland Empire Cybersecurity Summit hosted by Zeta Sky will be held virtually and presented into a three-part webinar series.
Oct. 6: Cybersecurity and Small Business:Learn from other companies who have experienced a cyberattack, what they did right, and ways to avoid their mistakes.Co-sponsored by the Fontana Chamber of Commerce.
Oct. 15: Cyber scams and threats:FBI Special Agent Greg Bishea will talk about emerging cyberthreats and how to combat them. There will be an open panel discussion so all your cybersecurity questions can be answered by an expert.
Oct. 21: Continuity planning in wake of COVID-19: Cybersecurity Adviser Joseph Oregon from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Datto, a leader in backup and recovery solutions will explore the best ways to create your own business continuity plan.
For more program details and to register, go to zetasky.com/inland-empire-cybersecurity-summit-2020/
DQ Grill coming to SB
A new Dairy Queen, officially a DQ Grill & Chill, is coming to San Bernardino in late October, early November.
The store at 2238 North Arden Ave. is owned by franchisee December Herrera.
It will offer the usual assortment of menu items including burgers, chicken strip baskets, hot sandwiches, soft-serve cones, sundaes and those jam-packed frozen Blizzard treats.
Santa Fe Springs lease
Mega Lion Inc., a third-party logistics distributor, has signed a long-term lease for a 132,423-square-foot building in Santa Fe Springs, according to NAI Capital.
The building at 13021 Leffingwell Road is within the 284-acre Golden Springs Business Center. The leased space is part of a 296,583-square-foot multi-tenant warehouse built in 1999.
The unit that Mega Lion has leased includes a 10,702-square-foot, 2-story administrative office, open warehouse area, 25 dock-high doors, 23 trailer parking stalls, two concrete truck courts and 140 parking spaces.
NAI notes the property is blocks from the 5 Freeway with immediate connections to 605 and 91 Freeways.
The owner, Golden Springs Development Co. LLC, was represented by Steve Calhoun and Clyde Stauff of Colliers International. Ryan Campbell with NAI Capital’s San Gabriel Valley office negotiated on behalf of Mega Lion.
New lease for foster agency
New Life Foster Family Agency has signed a new lease for a 12,432-square-foot office space at 1090 E. Washington St. in Colton, according to the brokerage Stream Realty Partners.
New Life FFA serves the needs of foster children in Southern California and will be expanding its operations into the one-story office building, located within the Rancho Las Palomas campus.
Mike Adams and Morgan Adams with Stream represented the landlord. Allyson Herek of First Team Real Estate represented the tenant in the transaction.
On the move
Bill Dalton has joined the Palm Desert office of Coldwell Banker Realty as an affiliate agent. He comes to the office with 23 years of real estate experience and 15 years of experience as a branch manager with Coldwell Banker Realty. Most recently, he was the branch manager of the Palm Desert and Indian Wells offices of Coldwell Banker Realty, overseeing more than 200 affiliate agents and five staff. Before that, he was an affiliate agent with Coldwell Banker and branch manager of another office of Coldwell Banker Realty.
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