Resources Regarding Housing, Renters, and Shelter/ Vivienda

Rental Assistance / Assistencia de Alquiler

• Community Action Board: Rental Assistance Program

• Housing Authority Santa Cruz County: COVID-19 Response

• Santa Cruz Rent Strike

  • More Rent Strikes can be found on this website

Information for Renters during COVID-19 / Información para Inquilinos durante COVID-19

• Bilingual Information for Tenants/Renters: tools for understanding California’s COVID-19-related tenant protections

  • Additional information: Santa Cruz

Eviction and Rent Non-Payment Ordinances/ Ordenanzas de Desalojo y Alquiler Sin Pago

Local ordinances to prevent residential or commercial evictions for non-payment of rent:

• Most Recent Eviction Moratorium Information for Landlords and Tenants (extended the County's original moratorium to August 31st, 202. Tenants now have up to 6 months after the moratorium expires or terminates to repay at least 50% of the past-due rent, and up to 12 months to repay in full the past-due rent).

• Original County of Santa Cruz ordinance (PDF, 424 KB)

• City of Santa Cruz local ordinance

• City of Capitola Rental Eviction Ordinance

• State of California Moratorium on Evictions

Stepping Up Santa Cruz

• General Information

• Resource Directory (including shelters, places to wash up and do laundry, food resources, substance treatment, legal services, and more!)

• Free Guide

Santa Cruz Health Center on Emeline

• • COVID testing for homeless or those without insurance.

  • 831-454-4100

Watsonville Health Center on Freedom

• COVID testing for homeless or those without insurance.

• 431-763-8400

Santa Cruz Human Services

• • General Information

  • For assistance with the shelter referrals

    1. Transition Age Youth (ages 18-24) Christina Salibi – Call: 831.465.4182; e-mail: Christina.Salibi@encompasscs.org

    2. South County Monique Sanchez – call: 831.322.9897; e-mail: moniques@cabinc.org

    3. North County Alejandro Grijalva - call: 831.325.2904; e-mail: agrijalva@housingmatterssc.org

    4. Families and/or Transition Age Youth (ages 18-24) Erik Lua – call: 831.740.7340; e-mail: erik@fitsantacruz.org. Please note: Available for referrals Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 to 3:00 PM only

    5. All Persons COVID-19 Homeless Response – call: 831.291.5098; e-mail: COVID-19homelessresponse@santacruzcounty.us

  • Motel/Hotel Assistance for Families Experiencing Homelessness (Scroll down to about halfway through the page)

  • COVID-19 Homeless Outreach Flyer - Harm Reduction - English

  • COVID-19 Homeless Outreach Flyer - Harm Reduction - Spanish

  • COVID-19 Homeless Outreach Flyer - Camp Recommendations - English

  • COVID-19 Homeless Outreach Flyer - Camp Recommendations - Spanish

More resources

• Homeless Persons Healthy Project- 831-454-2080

• Housing Matters, (831) 458-6020

• Pajaro Valley Shelter Services, (831) 728-5649

• Families in Transition

• Santa Cruz Homeless Union

  • Sat and Sun @ 7 am-10 pm

  • Snacks, soup, drinking water, clothing and supplies as available.

  • San Lorenzo Park near Water St. Bridge, Santa Cruz

• Please call 211 or text “coronavirus” to 211211 / Llame al 211 o envíe un mensaje de texto con la palabra "coronavirus" al 211211
  
  ● Community Action Board, Rental Assistance Program , (831) 763-2147
  
  ● Live Oak Family Resource Center, (831) 476-7284
  
  ● Nueva Vista Community Resources, (831) 423-5747