Federal Policy Brief | 8 Jun 2009

Author: National Alliance to End Homelessness

Files: PDF | 59 KB | 2 pages

On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed into law a bill to reauthorize HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance programs. The legislation makes several changes to the Homeless Assistance programs, and this two-page brief provides a short overview of those changes, which include:

• Increased prevention
• Family rapid re-housing incentive
• Continued attention to chronic homelessness
• Permanent housing solutions
• Definition of homelessness
• Consolidate HUD's competitive grant program
• Improving homeless assistance in rural communities
• Performance-based focus
• Simplified match requirement
• Funding

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