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Homeless Prevention
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HOME American Rescue Plan
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) was allocated approximately $132 million in HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds in a one-time allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HOME-ARP is based on HUD’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program annual funding infrastructure. HOME-ARP also has significant differences compared to the HOME annual program. The differences include waivers of certain federal regulations and waivers to create new activities, as described on HUD Exchange at https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/home-arp/.
Qualifying populations for HOME-ARP include:
- Households that are experiencing homelessness, per 24 CFR §91.5;
- Households at-risk of homelessness, with incomes below 30% Area Median Income (AMI), per 24 CFR §91.5;
- Households at-risk of homelessness, with waiver to allow for income up to 50% AMI, per HUD CPD Notice 21-10;
- Households fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, per HUD 24 CFR §5.2003;
- Households with 30% AMI with severe housing cost burden defined as paying more than 50% of monthly household income toward housing costs, per HUD CPD Notice 21-10;
- Households who have qualified as homeless previously, are currently housed with temporary/emergency assistance, and who need additional housing assistance or supportive services to avoid a return to homelessness, per HUD CPD Notice 21-10; or
- Veterans (and their families) that meet one of the above definitions.
HUD required that recipients of HOME-ARP funds first create an Allocation Plan, and get approval before releasing funds. TDHCA’s HOME-ARP Allocation Plan can be found below.
To get information on HOME-ARP Federal Cross-Cutting Requirements please visit the TDHCA Direct Loan page.
Announcements
On January 16, 2025, the TDHCA Governing Board approved the release of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for $750,000 in nonprofit capacity building assistance and operating costs (NCO), in accordance with the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, Second Amendment. Interested Applicants should submit an Intent to Apply to receive an Application. The Intent to Apply form is found within the 2025 NCO NOFA as Appendix B, and can be submitted to HOME-ARP starting January 16, 2025. Interested Applicants should look at Appendix A of the 2025 NCO NOFA to determine if the nonprofits plan to serve an area that qualifies for funding. The first application period deadline is March 31, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Austin local time. The NOFA can be found at https://www.tdhca.texas.gov/notices-funding-availability-nofas.
Program Guidance and Regulations
TDHCA Allocation Plan and Guidance
- HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, Accepted Second Amendment (October 2024)
- HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, Accepted First Amendment (May 2023) (PDF)
- HOME-ARP Approved Allocation Plan (May 2022) (PDF)
- HOME-ARP Handbook (December, 2022) (PDF)
- HOME-ARP and Affirmative Marketing (Youtube.com)
- HOME-ARP Webinar Recording – Overview – updated 12.2022 (Youtube.com)
- HOME-ARP Referral Methods, Preferences and Coordinated Entry (Youtube.com)
- HOME-ARP Qualified Population Eligibility (Youtube.com)
HUD HOME-ARP and Homelessness Guidance
- HUD HOME-ARP Implementation Notice Fact Sheets (hudexchange.info)
- HUD Exchange HOME ARP (hudexchange.info)
- Recordkeeping Requirements for Homeless Definition (hudexchange.info)
- Criteria for At Risk of Homelessness (hudexchange.info)
- HUD HOME-ARP Nonprofit Operating and Capacity Building Assistance Guide (hudexchange.info)
- HUD HOME-ARP Non-Congregate Shelter: Eligible Costs (hudexchange.info)
HOME Annual Funding Regulations
Overarching Regulations
- 10 Texas Administrative Code (sos.state.tx.us)
- 2 CFR 200 (OMB Super Circular) (ecfr.gov)
- Equal Access to Housing Final Rule (onecpd.info)
- HEARTH Homeless Definition Final Rule (onecpd.info)
HOME-ARP Rental Development
HOME-ARP Rental Housing NOFA (Closed)
The Department programmed $56,511,887 of its HOME American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) funding into affordable rental housing. The 2023-2 HOME-ARP Rental NOFA was released on December 9, 2022 and suspended on February 16, 2023, due to funding requests exceeding available funds. The HOME-ARP Rental Development Application Logs are below.
- 2023.2 HOME-ARP Rental Housing NOFA Second Amendment (PDF)
- 2023.2 HOME-ARP Rental Housing NOFA First Amendment (PDF)
- 2023.2 HOME-ARP Rental Housing NOFA (PDF)
- HOME-ARP Rental Housing NOFA Amendment and Manual Update Overview Webinar (Youtube.com)
- HOME-ARP – Rental Guidance Webinar (Youtube.com)
- HOME-ARP New Applicant Guidance Webinar (Youtube.com)
- HOME-ARP Gap Financing Guidance Webinar (Youtube.com)
- 2023 HOME-ARP Supplemental Manual for New Applicants (PDF) (updated January 26, 2023)
- 2023.2 HOME-ARP Rental Housing NOFA Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (updated January 26, 2023)
HOME-ARP National Housing Trust Fund Set-Aside (Closed)
Within the Department’s rental housing activity is a $10,000,000 set-aside for direct awards to qualifying National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) Developments. This set-aside was created to preserve existing Department investments in NHTF-funded developments from 2020 and 2021 that may otherwise be at risk of being not financially feasible. The Department has sent notices of eligibility to qualifying NHTF Applicants, and closed the set-aside on December 31, 2022.
HOME-ARP Rental Development Application Logs
The HOME-ARP Rental Application Logs posted on this website reflects the 2022 HOME-ARP NHTF set-aside and 2023.2 HOME-ARP Rental NOFA.
2022 HOME-ARP Rental NHTF Set-Aside Application Log (XLSX) (updated 8/4/2023)
2023-2 HOME-ARP Rental NOFA Application Log (XLSX) (updated 12/30/2024)
Department Links
- TDHCA Public Comment Center
- TDHCA Rules and Regulations
- Housing Contract System
- Notices of Funding Availability
- Environmental Clearance Process (Program Services)
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Please direct questions or comments to naomi.cantu@tdhca.texas.gov.