STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HOMELESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM NC HPRP Fall 2009

Presenters Martha Are Office of Economic Recovery & Investment Erin Crossfield NC Housing Finance Agency

Topics  What HPRP is  Where HPRP is available  What type of assistance is available  Case management  $ (rent, back rent, utilities…)  How landlords can benefit  Who is eligible?  NCHousingSearch.org  Philosophy & Practice  Things landlords want to know

What HPRP is:  Purpose: Re-house people who are already homeless  Purpose: Prevent homelessness for people who are at risk  2 kinds of assistance: $ and services  Is one of the ARRA stimulus programs  Begins this fall, ends Summer 2012

Where HPRP is available

Where HPRP is available: State-funded Organizations

Where HPRP is available: HUD-funded Entitlement areas  Charlotte  Raleigh  Durham  Greensboro  Winston-Salem  Fayetteville  Wake  Asheville

Types of Assistance  Financial Assistance  Rent & back-rent  Utilities & back-utilities  Utility deposits  Security deposits  Moving costs  Hotel & motel vouchers  Housing Services  Housing Case Management  Credit Repair services  Legal services (not re mortgages)  Outreach & Engagement  Help with housing search

Benefit to landlords  Rent & back-rent  Help with housing search (new tenants)  Supportive services for tenants (people to help if there are problems)  Last-minute help with households at risk of eviction  Free marketing (NCHousingSearch.org)

Who is eligible  People who are already homeless OR who are at risk of becoming homeless  Must be <50% MFI  Must have no other supports that will prevent their homelessness  Not a program for everyone who is about to be evicted… just those who need the help to avoid becoming homeless! (“but for this assistance”)

NCHousingSearch.org  A FREE statewide affordable rental housing search tool  Tenants can search for free for:  Affordable rentals  Section 8 rentals  Special needs housing  Landlords can list their rentals for free.  No internet access? Toll-free bilingual call center:

Website:

Philosophy & Practice  Effective & Cost Effective to stabilize families in housing  Housing First  Housing-specific case management  Congress intended it for “new” homeless people, due to economic downturn  Not intended for chronically homeless

Landlords want to know:  Not for all your non-paying tenants – just those who will become homeless when you evict them  Rent Reasonableness  Leases  Housing Assistance Payment agreements  Written statement of back-rent owed  Housing condition must be “ok”  Re-checking for tenant’s HPRP eligibility every 3 months