Treasury's Repayment Instructions for HAF and ERA Recipients
Before you return HAF and ERA award funds to Treasury, please ensure that your program is at the stage of closeout before you return the funds to Treasury. Award funds returned prematurely will result in a delay of your award being closed out.
Attention
Failure to follow the instructions below may result in delays to Treasury posting the amount of award funds returned to Treasury, which may lead to further debt collection actions.
Please review this Repayment Checklist:
Have you received the Outstanding Award Balance Notice?
Ensure you have received from Treasury an email notice with your outstanding award balance:
- Notice for HAF Participants has the following subject line:
"ACTION REQUIRED: Outstanding Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) Award Balance Due to Treasury Notification (U.S. Department of the Treasury, HAF program)." - Notice for ERA2 grantees has the following subject line:
"ACTION REQUIRED: Outstanding Emergency Rental Assistance 2 (ERA2) Award Balance Due to Treasury Notification (U.S. Department of the Treasury, ERA2 program)." - Notice for ERA1 grantees has the following subject line:
"U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA1) Program - Notification of Outstanding ERA1 Award Balance Due to Treasury and Further Collections Actions That Require Your Attention."
- Notice for HAF Participants has the following subject line:
Have you verified the amount of the outstanding award balance in your records against the amount of the outstanding award balance in Treasury's Notice?
Before returning funds to Treasury, please check to make sure that the amount of your outstanding award balance in your records match the amount listed in the Outstanding Award Balance Notice.
- If your records indicate that you have more funds to return to Treasury than indicated in the Outstanding Award Balance Notice:
- For HAF awards, please send an email to us at HAF@Treasury.gov.
- For ERA awards, please send an email to us at EmergencyRentalAssistance@Treasury.gov.
- If your records indicate that you have more funds to return to Treasury than indicated in the Outstanding Award Balance Notice:
How would you like to return the award funds to Treasury?
You may return HAF or ERA award funds to Treasury either by Pay.gov (preferred), ACH Credit, or FedWire. See instructions by payment type below.
Have you properly labeled the award funds for return to Treasury with the appropriate Program Name and the FAIN related to your award?
Where feasible, include in the payment references whether it relates to the [HAF or ERA] program and [HAF or ERA] Award FAIN #. Your award FAIN can be found:
- In the Treasury portal: Navigate to the State, Local, and Tribal Support page. Go to the Closeout Reports section and click View. The FAIN will be listed on the right-hand side of the webpage. The FAIN can also be found in the Compliance Reports sections. Navigate to the HAF or ERA Compliance reports and click on the View button of a report to see the FAIN on the right-hand side.
- Search USASpending.gov: Click on Search Award Data and enter your government’s name or UEI in the Recipient filter. Narrow the results by entering the program name in Assistance Listing (CDFA Program) filter. For HAF, the full program name is 21.026 Homeowner Assistance Fund. For both ERA2 and ERA1, the full program name is 21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The ERA2 FAIN starts with ERAE. The ERA1 FAIN starts with ERA.
Do you have a plan for returning any additional funds that need to be returned to Treasury following the notification of completion?
Following the return of award funds to Treasury and Treasury providing a Notification of Completion to the recipient—indicating the award has been closed out— if you recover any additional award funds after receipt of Treasury’s Notification of Completion Notice that need to be returned to Treasury, please notify the applicable Treasury Team of the amount to be returned and the reason for the return:
- For HAF awards, please send an email to us at HAF@Treasury.gov.
- For ERA awards, please send an email to us at EmergencyRentalAssistance@Treasury.gov.
Payment Types
Pay.gov (preferred method)
Pay.gov: HAF Awards-
Pay.gov Instructions - MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE CORRECT FORM FOR THE PROGRAM AT ISSUE
- FOR ACH DEBIT, visit https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1394949710
- FOR ACH CREDIT, visit https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1709682933
- Click "Continue to the Form"
- Type the HAF Application ID and FAIN for your award into the form along with all other data fields. Click Continue.
- Choose payment method. Click Next.
- Enter payment account details. Click “Review and Submit Payment.”
- Make sure there is no debit block on your account. The company ID for HAF awards is 2001000112.
Pay.gov- ERA Awards-
Pay.gov Instructions - MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE CORRECT FORM FOR THE PROGRAM AT ISSUE
- FOR ACH DEBIT, visit: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1105889015
- FOR ACH CREDIT, visit: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1675692555
- Click "Continue to the Form"
- Type the ERA Application ID and FAIN for your award into the form along with other data fields. Be sure to enter the FAIN specific to ERA1 or ERA2. Click continue.
- Choose payment method. Click Next.
- Enter payment account details. Click “Review and Submit Payment.”
- Make sure there is no debit block on your account. The company ID for ERA awards is 2001000108.
Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payment Instructions
ACH Payments —Treasury can accept ACH payments for the return of HAF or ERA award funds to Treasury.
Please provide the following instructions to your financial institution for the remittance of award funds by ACH payments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
| NACHA Record Type Code | NACHA Field | NACHA Data Element Name | Required Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | Company Name | (enter the name of the payor) |
| 5 | 6 | Standard Entry Class Code | CCD |
| 5 | 9 | Effective Entry Date | (enter intended settlement date) |
| 6 | 2 | Transaction Code* | 22 |
| 6 | 3 & 4 | Receiving DFI Identification (ABA routing #) | 051036706 |
| 6 | 5 | DFI Account Number | 820010001000 |
| 6 | 6 | Amount | (enter payment amount) |
| 6 | 8 | Receiving Company Name | U.S. Department of the Treasury |
Please note in the ACH payment description field that this is a “[HAF or ERA] Award Return of Funds” and include your [HAF or ERA ] Award FAIN.
*ACH debit reversals are not permitted to this ABA routing number. All debit reversals received will be automatically returned.
@ Bank Name: Credit Gateway – ACH Receiver
33 Livingston Ave. St. Paul, MN 55107 1-877-815-1206
FedWire Instructions
FedWire payments—Treasury can accept Fedwire payments for the return of HAF or ERA award funds to Treasury.
Please provide the following instructions to your financial institution for the remittance of award funds by Fedwire payments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
| Fedwire Field Tag | Fedwire Field Name | Required Information |
|---|---|---|
| {1510} | Type/Subtype | 1000 |
| {2000} | Amount | (enter payment amount) |
| {3400} | Receiver ABA routing number * | 021030004 |
| {3400} | Receiver ABA short name | TREAS NYC |
| {3600} | Business Function Code | CTR |
| {4200} | Beneficiary Identifier (account number) | 820010001000 |
| {4200} | Beneficiary Name | DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY |
| {5000} | Originator | (enter the name of the originator of the payment) |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information – Line 1 | [HAF or ERA FAIN to be inserted here] |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information – Line 2 | [HAF or ERA ] Award Return of Funds |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information – Line 3 | (enter information to identify the purpose of the payment) |
| {6000} | Originator to Beneficiary Information – Line 4 | (enter information to identify the purpose of the payment) |
* The financial institution’s address for Treasury’s routing number is 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045.