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When housing providers apply for emergency rental assistance on behalf of their renters, assistance should be paid to housing providers and allow for flexibility in eligibility and application processing. Additionally, emergency rental assistance programs should: 

• Provide flexibility with regard to demonstration of eligibility for those who participate in the program; a certification or affidavit of need should be sufficient. In addition, with regard to landlord applications on behalf of tenants, proof of consent should be easily demonstrable.
• Allow for safe harbors by which states, localities, and program participants may operate in good faith and within the intent of the legislation. The overarching goal should be to assemble reasonable supporting documentation to enable the assistance to flow quickly and efficiently.
• Ensure broad distribution of funds across rural, suburban and urban markets, and to all property types – small, medium and large – including residents in manufactured housing communities and housing cooperatives.
• Widely communicate availability of assistance and the process by which renters or their housing providers may apply. 
• Enable funds to be utilized without extraneous requirements that undermine Congressional intent.