Explore how funding and programs may help your partnership plan and launch new efforts to enhance housing options, expand access to community services, and end homelessness among people with disabilities and older adults.
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- Cross-Cutting
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- Applying New COVID-19-Related Funding To Address the Housing Needs of Individuals With Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, and Co-occurring Disorders— Paper on newly available federal funds that can be utilized for housing and paired with supportive services
- Braiding and Layering Funding to Address Housing— Issue brief to help state and territorial health agency staff understand the process of braiding and layering funds to support housing
- Community Mental Health Services Block Grants— Gateway website about this funding program for community-based mental health services for adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances
- Funding Sources Successfully Used by States To Support Development of Integrated, Affordable, and Accessible Community Housing— Quick reference guide to funding sources for integrated, affordable, and accessible housing for people with disabilities
- [Housing and Infrastructure] Funding Navigator— Searchable tool for funding opportunities under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and others related to climate resiliency, energy efficiency, renewable energy integration, healthy housing, workforce development, broadband access, community transportation, and environmental justice
- Housing Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act— Information about the Fair Housing Act and other anti-discrimination provisions that apply to federally assisted housing
- HUD Exchange— Website that centralizes resources and services on housing and homelessness
- Rural Housing— Gateway website with information about programs to build or improve housing in rural areas
- Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program— Website with program description of and resources related to Section 202
- Supportive Housing for People With Disabilities— Website with program description of and resources related to Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program
- Accessibility
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- A Primer on Affordable Housing Development and Key Funding Sources— Guide for community agencies, Continuums of Care (CoCs), service providers, and other housing stakeholders to better understand the affordable housing development process and identify potential resources to support development in their communities
- Accessibility Requirements for Buildings— Information on the housing accessibility requirements for both private and federally assisted housing
- Assistive Technology (AT) and Universal Design Working Group — Design, development, policy, systems, and services research related to AT
- Disability Housing Grants for Veterans— Housing modification grants through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance for Accessibility Items for Homeowners and Renters — Information about replacing adaptive or accessibility items damaged during a disaster
- HUD Statement on the Role of Housing in Accomplishing the Goals of Olmstead— Guidance for HUD-assisted housing providers on ways to support state and local Olmstead efforts to increase integrated housing opportunities for individuals with disabilities who are transitioning from, or at serious risk of entering institutions
- Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans With Disabilities Act— Gateway website with ADA laws and regulations, design standards, and technical assistance materials
- Older Adults Home Modification Grant Program— HUD funding opportunity to support low-income older adult homeowners through the use of low-cost and low-barrier home modifications
- Reinstatement and Revision of Accessibility Requirements for Native American Programs— Notice providing guidance for tribes and tribally designated housing entities on regulations regarding accessibility and nondiscrimination in HUD-funded Indian housing programs
- Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards— Document detailing the uniform standards for the design, construction and alteration of residential buildings covered by the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 so that individuals with physical disabilities will have ready access to and use of them
- U.S. Access Board— Website that promotes equality for people with disabilities via accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards for architecture and community settings
- Affordability
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- A Primer on Affordable Housing Development and Key Funding Sources— Guide for community agencies, Continuums of Care (CoCs), service providers, and other housing stakeholders to better understand the affordable housing development process and identify potential resources to support development in their communities
- Assistance for Housing and Other Needs— Information about federal assistance for individuals and families with disaster-caused damages to homes
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau— Information for consumers regarding financial issues related to housing, including COVID-19 housing resources, mortgages, rent and eviction, and more
- Do You Think Older Renters on a Fixed Income Can’t Get Help With Back Rent? Think Again!— Issue brief on ways the Emergency Rental Assistance Program may help older adults and other people on a fixed income with paying back rent and utilities to prevent evictions and utility shutoffs
- Homeowner Assistance Fund— Information about the fund for preventing mortgage delinquencies and defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities or home energy services, and displacement of homeowners experiencing financial hardship after January 21, 2020
- HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing— Website with information program combines HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance for homeless veterans with case management and clinical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program— Information about LIHEAP, which assists eligible low-income households with their heating and cooling energy costs, bill payment assistance, energy crisis assistance, weatherization, and energy-related home repairs
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credit— Searchable dataset of all LIHTC projects placed into service
- A Primer on Affordable Housing Development and Key Funding Sources— Guide for community agencies, Continuums of Care (CoCs), service providers, and other housing stakeholders on the affordable housing development process and potential resources to support development in their communities
- Products Offered by State Housing Finance Agencies— Brief on the role of state housing finance agencies in creating affordable housing
- Single Family Housing Repair Loans and Grants— Website about loans and grants to very-low-income homeowners for repairs, improvements, or removal of health and safety hazards
- VA Housing Assistance— Information about benefits and services to help veterans buy or build a home, refinance a loan, improve a home, or keep a home
- Fair Housing
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- Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing— Website on Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act which, requires HUD and recipients of federal HUD funds to affirmatively further the policies and purposes of the Fair Housing Act, also known as “affirmatively further fair housing” or “AFFH.”
- Fair Housing Information for Individuals With Disabilities— Basic information about individuals with disabilities and protections under the fair housing laws
- Housing Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act— HUD website about the Fair Housing Act and other anti-discrimination provisions that apply to federally assisted housing
- Joint Statement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice on State and Local Land Use Laws and Practices and the Application of the Fair Housing Act— Guidance detailing states and localities legal obligation to comply with the Fair Housing Act by prohibiting land use and zoning laws, policies, and practices that discriminate based on disability and other characteristics protected under the Act
- Supportive Services that Make Community Living Possible
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- Family Self Sufficiency— Website on this federal program to develop local strategies that coordinate public and private resources so Housing Choice Voucher program participants and public housing tenants may obtain employment in support of economic independence
- Money Follows the Person Program— Website on this program that increases use of home and community-based services and reduces use of institutionally-based services so Medicaid-eligible individuals receive support for appropriate and necessary long-term services and supports in the settings of their choice
- Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Program— Website on federal program that enables public housing authorities to hire a program coordinator who links residents with training opportunities, job placement organizations, and local employers
- Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing— Website on the federal program that supports service coordinators to be placed in insured and assisted Multifamily Housing designed for the elderly and persons with disabilities
- Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants (SABG)— Website on this funding program to support and expand substance use disorder prevention and treatment
- Veteran Directed Care Program — Program that enables veterans and their caregivers to choose what services they need and allows them to hire, schedule and supervise their own workers
- Homelessness
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- Continuum of Care (CoC) Program— Website for the federal program that 1) promotes community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; 2) provides funding for efforts by nonprofit providers and state and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; 3) promotes access to utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and 4) optimizes self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness
- Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals— Website on this funding program to help communities expand and strengthen treatment and recovery support services for individuals experiencing homelessness who have substance use disorders or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Homelessness Resources— Guide with information about federal homelessness programs and interactive directories for state programs and organizations
- Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness— Website with information about this federal funding source for services for people with serious mental illnesses who are at risk for or experiencing homelessness
- Addressing Homelessness in Rural Communities— Guide that outlines federal funding sources for rental assistance and affordable rental housing development
- Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness— Website on this discretionary funding program to help communities expand access to mental and substance use disorders treatment for people experiencing homelessness who have a serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
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