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Homeless Programs - Supportive Housing Program (SHP)

SHP helps develop housing and related supportive services for people moving from homelessness to independent living. Program funds help homeless people live in a stable place, increase their skills or income, and gain more control over the decisions that affect their lives.

Eligible Grantees

Eligible applicants include States, local governments, other government agencies (such as public housing agencies), private nonprofit organizations, and community mental health associations that are public nonprofit organizations.

After HUD publishes a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance in the Federal Register, applicants must submit specific information about a proposed project, along with their Continuum of Care application. Each application must include a certification that the project is consistent with the Consolidated Plan of the jurisdiction where each proposed project is found.

Eligible Participants

A person must be homeless to receive help from SHP projects.

Eligible Activities

SHP funds supportive housing projects that include:

transitional housing (generally used for 24 months or less as a stepping stone to permanent housing);
permanent housing for homeless people with disabilities;
supportive services for homeless people not living in supportive housing; and
other types of innovative supportive housing for homeless people. Supportive services include child care, employment assistance, outpatient health services, case management, help in getting permanent housing, nutritional counseling, security arrangements, and help in obtaining other assistance. SHP provides funding for new projects and for the renewal of projects currently receiving SHP funds.

Providers may choose among a variety of activities:

to acquire a homeless facility
to build, rehabilitate, or lease a homeless facility
to pay for new or increased supportive services to homeless people
to meet some of the day-to-day operating expenses of homeless facilities
to pay limited administrative expenses

Matching Funds

Grantees must match funds for acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction with equal or greater funding amounts from other sources. They may use up to $400,000 for acquisition and rehabilitation of structures and for new construction. SHP funds up to 75 percent of the operating costs for a supportive housing project, and up to 80% of the cost of providing supportive services. Finally, grantees may use up to 5 percent of their grant for administrative expenses.

Fund Distribution

After HUD publishes a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance in the Federal Register, applicants must submit specific information about a proposed project, along with their Continuum of Care application. Each application must include a certification that the project is consistent with the Consolidated Plan of the jurisdiction where each proposed project is found.