Businesses must meet the following criteria to qualify for economic injury: The business was directly impacted by the disaster. The business cannot cover expenses due to the disaster and/or debt payments. The business was physically located in the declared disaster area.
Most Small Business Administration (SBA) loans require a personal credit check, and some loans also require a business credit check.
As of January 2025, there are no plans to forgive outstanding SBA EIDL loans.
The owners must have responsible lender equity to investment. The company must do business within the US or its territories. The business must operate for profit.
There is no provision for forgiveness on these loans, nor should anyone expect that there will be. The EIDL is a decades-old program, and if they forgive loans for this particular disaster, then borrowers for every other EIDL program are going to expect forgiveness on their loans as well. It's not happening.