Homeless Prevention & Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP)

The Homeless Prevention & Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) is one of the programs that resulted from the 2009 Stimulus Act, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  In this program, funds will be directed toward:

• Homelessness prevention
• Diversion (finding alternative housing as soon as people become homeless, so they do not need to spend the night in a homeless shelter), and
• Rapid re-housing for people who are currently homeless.

Organizations across the state will provide case management and outreach to homeless people and those at imminent risk of homelessness, and will provide flexible financial assistance to enable households to become or remain housed.  This flexible financial assistance could be provided in the form of rental assistance (including back rent for months where the household has been unable to pay), utility deposits, security deposits, and/or moving costs.  By federal regulation, the funds must be used for housing-related expenses (not related to other services like medical expenses), and cannot be used for foreclosure prevention.

Below are resources and materials for organizations administering the North Carolina HPRP program.

Resources

Program Overview
Training slides from Oct 29-30, 2009 (slides 1-100)
Training slides from Oct 29-30, 2009 (slides 101-201)

Income Determination & Calculation
Chapter 5 Section 1 Determining Income
Chapter 5 Section 3 Verification
Four Steps for Calculating Income – revised 10/26/2009
HUD’s Income Declaration Template (form)
HUD’s Income Verification Template (form)
HUD’s Income Eligibility Determination and Documentation Requirements
Income Eligibility Certification – 4 person (form) – revised 10/26/2009
Income Asset Calculation Worksheet (form) – revised 11/2/2009
NC verification – Assets (form) – revised 10/15/2009
NC verification – Employment Termination (form) – revised 10/15/2009
NC verification – Live In Care (form) – revised 10/15/2009
NC verification – Pension Income (form) – revised 10/15/2009
NC verification – Recurring Gift (form) – revised 10/15/2009
NC verification – Student Status (form) – revised 10/15/2009

Payment Processing
Time Sheet Sample – revised 10/26/2009
Tip Sheet for Requisitions – revised 10/13/2009

Housing Inspections
Guidelines for Lead-Based Paint – revised 10/15/2009
HUD’s HQS Inspection Form HUD52580-a (form)

Housing Search
Rent Reasonableness Checklist and Certification (form) – revised 10/15/2009