Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)
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Intended to rapidly transition program participants to housing stability.
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Provides
temporary assistance
as a bridge to long-term housing stability.
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Helps homeless families and individuals as well as those who would become homeless but for this assistance.
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Recognizes that some may need assistance for a month or two while others may needlonger to reach stability, perhaps by linking up to community resources.
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Targeted to participants likely to maintain stable housing once subsidy and othersubsidies conclude.HPRP can provide short term financial assistance with rent, utilities or deposits and can alsohelp with housing location and stabilization services.
ActivityUse
Financial Assistancefor housing relatedcosts on behalf ofindividual
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Short- (up to 3 months) and medium-term (not to exceed 18months) that may include assistance with
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Rent and utilities
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Security or utility deposits
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Rent or utility payments in arrears (up to 6 months)
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Moving costs
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Storage up to three months
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Motel/hotel vouchers up to 30 days when housing is lined upHousing Relocationand StabilizationServices
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Outreach, engagement, assessment
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Housing search and placement
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Housing stabilization services – arranging, coordinating,monitoring of services related to housing stabilization
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Legal services (not mortgage related)
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Credit repair and budget counselingData Collection andEvaluation
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Costs associated with HMIS (client-level database) to obtainrequired data, and analyze patterns of use of HPRP funds
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Can pay for HUD-sponsored research/evaluationAdministrative costs(5% cap to be sharedwith subgrantees)
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Fund management, including audits
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Training related to HPRP
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Certification, monitoring and reporting (quarterly and annually)
For additional information go to www.hudhre.info/index.cfm.
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