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HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP)

HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP). shonda.gray@adeca.alabama.gov 334-353-0288. PURPOSE. Provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless

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HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP)

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  1. HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM (HPRP) shonda.gray@adeca.alabama.gov 334-353-0288

  2. PURPOSE • Provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless • Provide assistance to rapidly re-house persons who are homeless as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

  3. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS • State has been allocated $13,328,942 • Funds will be allocated based on the quality of proposals received • No grant ceiling • No match requirement

  4. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS • Cities • Including entitlement cities • Counties • Including entitlement counties • Private non-profit organizations • With certification of approval from the local government

  5. ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS • Initial consultation with a case manager • Household income must be at or below 50 percent of Area Median Income (www.huduser.org/DATASETS/il.html)

  6. ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, cont. • Household must be homeless or at risk of losing its housing and meet both of the following criteria • There are no other appropriate housing options • The household doesn’t have the financial resources and support networks to find immediate housing or remain in existing housing

  7. RISK FACTORS • Eviction within 2 weeks • Residency in condemned housing • Sudden and significant loss of income • Pending foreclosure of rental housing • Extremely low income (less than 30% AMI) • Severe housing cost burden (greater than 50% of income spent on housing costs)

  8. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Financial Assistance • Housing Relocation & Stabilization Services • Data Collection and Evaluation • Administration

  9. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Short-term rental (up to 3 months) • Medium-term rental (4-18 months) • Rental arrears (up to 6 months) • Rental assistance must comply with HUD’s “rent reasonableness” standard (www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/library/forms/rentreasonablechecklist.doc)

  10. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, cont. • Security deposits • Utility deposits and payments • Utility arrears (up to 6 months) • Moving costs • Storage (up to 3 months) • Motel/hotel vouchers (up to 30 days) • Staff costs to issue financial assistance • Inspections costs for habitability standards

  11. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEINELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Duplication of payments • Mortgage payments • Operating costs for housing programs • Assistance longer than 18 months • Direct payment to program participants • Payment of credit arrears (loans, credit cards, etc.)

  12. HOUSING RELOCATION & STABILIZATION SERVICES ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Services to assist program participants with housing stability and placement • Case management • Outreach and engagement • Housing search and placement • Legal services • Credit repair

  13. HOUSING RELOCATION & STABILIZATION SERVICES INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Child care • Employment training • Education (books, fees, tuition, etc.) • Transportation (gas, cabs, bus fare) • Food, household items, clothing • Furniture and appliances • Discharge planning at institutions

  14. DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) • Collecting and reporting data • Software and hardware costs • Connectivity costs • HMIS training • Participation fees • HUD-sponsored research and evaluation of HPRP

  15. DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Planning or developing alternative data system to HMIS (except where the continuum does not exist or there is no HMIS in the continuum) • Replacing local or state funding (unless state or local funding is no longer available) • Contracting for program evaluation

  16. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Accounting for the use of grant funds • Preparing reports for submission to HUD • Obtaining program audits • Salaries associated with eligible administrative costs • Staff training directly related to learning about HPRP

  17. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES • Costs of issuing financial assistance or providing housing relocation and stabilization services • Costs associated with data collection and evaluation activities • Costs of conducting housing inspections

  18. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, cont. • Operating costs • General training not directly related to HPRP • Training or technical assistance from someone other than a HUD-approved national TA provider

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