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Federal properties that have been identified as suitable facilities to assist homeless persons can be found through the following link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-04/pdf/2012-10454.pdf Properties in Eighteen States: AL, AK, CA, HI, KS, KY, MD, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WI The Federal Register contains the property listings and application instructions. Please forward [...]

Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) voted on a draft proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2013 appropriations, which includes funds for many affordable houses and homelessness assistance programs. The bill includes the largest one-year increase to HUD’s McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants in nearly 20 years! The T-HUD Subcommittee proposed [...]

Annual Performance Report Requirements Effective June 1, 2011 all Supportive Housing Program (SHP), Shelter Plus Care (S+C), and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy (SRO) grantees are required to use e-snaps to submit their Annual Performance Report (APR). Starting in March 2012, e-snaps has two Performance Measurement screens visible to grantees completing their APRs: [...]

HUD and VA are happy to announce the release of The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Resource Guide for Permanent Housing and Clinical Care.  HUD-VASH’s goals are to place homeless Veterans in safe, stable, affordable, and, most importantly, permanent housing. Under the auspices of the program, HUD provides [...]

Building the Bridge: HPRP to ESG WEBINAR RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 22.  HUD has rescheduled the delivery of this webinar (originally scheduled for April 10) to May 22.  You will need to re-register for this webinar even if you were registered for the originally scheduled April 10th webinar.   An upcoming listserv message will provide the new [...]

As I did last year around this time, I wanted to take a moment to update you on the status of a few key items: the 2011 competition new project awards, the HEARTH Act regulations, our plans to implement the HEARTH Act programs, and the technical assistance resources we are making available to you. While [...]

Webianr hosted by HUD on March 20, 2012 This webinar series will provide comprehensive information for Continuums of Care (CoCs), HMIS administrators, grantees, project sponsors and other stakeholders on a variety of topicsImplementing Coordinated/Centralized Intake To register go to: http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewEventDetails&eventId=105&locId=439

Secretary Donovan addresses recipients of HUD’s Emergency Solutions Grants and discusses how they can use new tools to prevent and end homelessness in their communities. Please go to www.hudhre.info and follow the link.  

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