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•  Ventura Homeless Prevention provides rental assistance to residents of the City of Ventura who need one-time, temporary help with their rent and who need just a few hundred dollars or do not qualify for help from the County HPRP program (You can see their flyer online here ).  
  
   To qualify for help from Ventura Homeless Prevention you must document that you meet the following three criteria:
• 1. you have been paying rent to live in the City of Ventura for at least the last ninety days;  
• 2. you have had an unusual expense or temporary loss of pay that prevents you from paying your full rent yourself just this one month (you must document a loss of pay or additional expense or combination of the two that adds up to at least the amount of assistance you are requesting); and 
•  3. you will be able to pay your rent yourself again after this one-time assistance of up to $1800.  
  

1. If you believe that Ventura Homeless Prevention is the right program for you, and you meet the three criteria just listed, please send an email to venturahomelessprevention@gmail.com and provide the following information/documents. 

****Please blackout any sensitive information such as your Social Security number or drivers license number before sending any documents. 

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   Check off list (please include all of the following):
  1. Name 
• 2. Address 
• 3. Month and Year you moved into your home 0
  4. Phone number
  5. Email 
• 6. Number of people in your household, their names and ages
  7.  Dollar amount of your rent that you cannot pay yourself
  8.  Reason you cannot pay your full rent this month
  9. How you will pay your rent in full next month
  10. Dollar amount of total monthly household income and the source and amount of each part of it (include amount of each salary or benefit, food stamps, child support, etc.)
  11. Total household monthly expenses 
• 12. Contact information for your landlord or leasing agent  
  Please provide the following documents:
  *  Your lease  Documents that provide evidence of the temporary problem(s) causing you to be unable to pay your rent (medical bill, loss of pay, car repair receipt, etc)  
• * Documents  that provide evidence of income (Pay stubs or income/benefit statements or, if new job and no pay check yet received, letter from employer showing date work to begin and dollar amount to be received each month) 
• *  A budget showing monthly amounts paid for rent, utilities, food, car payment, gasoline, auto insurance, cell phone/cable, medical, loans, etc.   
• * Utility statement and other major bills .
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•  If you have questions, please send them to venturahomelessprevention@gmail.com or call us at 805-626-0363.  ---   You can also call 211 for additional referrals