The
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 appropriated $5 billion to provide
housing, services, and shelter to individuals experiencing homeless and other
vulnerable populations, to be allocated by formula to jurisdictions that
qualified for HOME Investment Partnerships Program allocations in Fiscal Year
2021. The Nevada Housing Division (NHD) has received $6,444,739 in HOME
American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding from Housing and Urban Development (HUD). NHD will make these funds available to non-profits,
participating jurisdictions (PJs) and other organizations that serve qualifying
populations.
There are four Qualifying
Populations (QPs) that are eligible for and must be provided access to HOME ARP
activities, please refer to the HOME
ARP Notice for complete definitions: 1) people experiencing homelessness;
2) people at-risk of homelessness; 3) people who are fleeing or attempting to
flee domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and 4)
other populations for whom supportive services or assistance would prevent
homelessness or who face the greatest risk of housing instability.
The funding
can be used to provide any of the following HOME ARP eligible client
activities: rental housing (referred to in this plan as affordable rental
housing), tenant-based rental assistance (TBRA), supportive services, and/or
the acquisition and development of non-congregate shelter (NCS). PJs may
also utilize funding for administration and planning activities as well as nonprofit
operating and capacity building assistance.
To learn more about HOME-ARP please
visit each of the webinars listed below. If you have questions please email nhdgrants@housing.nv.gov .