Housing Resources & Renter/Homeowner Information

f you haven’t already, we encourage you to:

• Sign up to receive email updates from the City of Morgan: https://bit.ly/2wlpQbZ
• Sign up to receive alerts from Santa Clara County through ALERTSCC: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/oes/alertscc/Pages/home.aspx.

The community can follow updates on the City of Morgan Hill’s website and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor.

Morgan Hill residents with urgent, non emergency questions or concerns are directed to call or text 408.767.6404. This number will be monitored regularly, Monday - Friday, during the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Messages will be responded to within 24 hours, during weekdays.

We are here for you. We will get through this together. 

Morgan Hill Moratorium on Residential Rent Increases

On April 8, 2020 the City of Morgan Hill enacted a moratorium on residential rent increases that prohibits landlords from increasing rents from the rates in place on March 1, 2020. This will be effective until 60 days following the revocation of the shelter in place orders.

Santa Clara County Eviction Moratorium

On March 24, 2020, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors enacted a moratorium on “no-fault” evictions and evictions for non-payment of rent for tenants who have incurred substantial income loss and/or substantial out-of-pocket medical expenses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This moratorium applies throughout Santa Clara County, including cities, and protects both residential as well as small business tenants.  Visit the County of Santa Clara’s Eviction Moratorium Information for Landlords and Tenants web page for more information.

Landlords who chose to initiate an eviction for non-payment of rent or a no-fault cause during the moratorium, must provide tenants with a written notice of the reason for the eviction and notice of the tenants’ rights when serving the notice of termination while providing resources for rental assistance programs.

Tenants can use this form to provide their landlord with documentation of substantial income loss and/or substantial out-of-pocket medical expenses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and are encourage to do so as soon as possible.

California Eviction Moratorium

On March 27, 2020, Governor Newsom issued an executive order, temporarily suspending residential evictions throughout the State of California. The County’s moratorium is more comprehensive than the Governor’s Executive Order and these more comprehensive provisions apply in addition to the Governor’s Executive Order. Earlier today, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued guidance on this executive order, and encouraged tenants to act fast to document their hardship notifications in writing.

Resources

Project Sentinel & Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

Both Project Sentinel and the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley have informational sites up that provide an FAQ/summary of the details of the County’s ordinance and provide links to forms in multiple languages that tenants and landlords can use to manage their interactions.

Office of Cultural Competency - Universal Access Pilot

The Office of Cultural Competency Universal Access Program (UAP) is a collaborative model with FIRST 5, County of Santa Clara agencies, Santa Clara County Office of Education, Alum Rock Unified School District, Franklin McKinley School District, and other nonprofit partners. Universal Access partners are committed to cross-system coordination and integration in service to family navigation that is culturally-responsive and applies a whole child, whole family approach where all doors lead to support.

To respond to the needs of the community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UAP team pulled together a set of resources to help navigate families, particularly COVID19-related resources.  This information is fluid and it is updated regularly.

You can access the most current resource information via this portal.

Rebuilding Together

Rebuilding Together is committed to helping  the community shelter in place and doing what they can to assist in the community:

• We do continue to provide emergency repairs, specifically for those impacted by the coronavirus who have no hot water or heat, and are making those repairs through our vetted contractors.
• We are organizing an effort to call clients to perform wellness checks to ensure that they are safe at home, having compiled a list of relevant, timely resources that we can pass on when needed.
• We are distributing a list of volunteer opportunities and portals that each of the cities we serve is promoting so that our volunteers have vetted and reliable ways to offer assistance should they choose.
• And just yesterday, we inventoried our warehouse supplies and donated materials such as N95 masks, gloves, and goggles to a clearinghouse organized by Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits to distribute appropriately.

Visit Rebuilding Together’s web page for more information. 

In Need of Shelter

Santa Clara County has assigned a Multi-Departmental Joint Operations team to manage all shelter and temporary housing resources during the Shelter-In-Place Order due to the COVID19 Crisis.

There is also now a Homeless Hotline for folks needing shelter (408) 278-6420.

Additional Housing Resources

For housing specific questions and/or resources:

Christie Thomas

Housing Program Coordinator

Email Christie Thomas

Phone: 408-310-4674