SBA to Increase Lending Limit for COVID-19 Disaster Loans

SBA will reach out directly via email to provide details on how businesses can request an EIDL increase closer to the April 6 start date.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) said on Wednesday it is increasing the maximum amount small businesses and nonprofit organizations can borrow through its COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.

Beginning April 6, the SBA is raising the loan limit for the COVID-19 EIDL program from 6-months of economic injury with a maximum loan amount of $150,000 to up to 24-months of economic injury with a maximum loan amount of $500,000.

In a press release, the SBA states more than 3.7 million businesses employing more than 20 million people have received financial relief through EIDL program. However, because the pandemic has lasted longer than expected small businesses are in need of larger loans.

“Many have called on SBA to remove the $150,000 cap. We are here to help our small businesses and that is why I’m proud to more than triple the amount of funding they can access,” states SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman.

Businesses that receive a loan subject to the current limits do not need to submit a request for an increase at this time. SBA will reach out directly via email and provide more details about how businesses can request an increase closer to the April 6 implementation date.

Any new loan applications and any loans in process when the new loan limits are implemented will automatically be considered for loans covering 24 months of economic injury up to a maximum of $500,000.

This new relief follows SBA’s previous March 12 announcement that the agency would extend deferment periods for all disaster loans, including COVID-19 EIDLs, until 2022 to offer more time for businesses to build back.

In order to shift all EIDL payments to 2022, SBA will extend the first payment due date for disaster loans made in 2020 to 24-months from the date of the note and to 18-months from the date of the note for all loans made in the calendar year 2021.

Questions about SBA COVID-19 EIDL and disaster loan payments can be emailed to [email protected] or directed to SBA’s customer service center at (800) 659-2955; for the deaf and hard of hearing, (800) 877-8339.

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