How will homeless assistance grants be invested?

The City of Milwaukee will receive $6.9 million in ARRA funds for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). These funds will be used to provide assistance and services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and to help those who are experiencing homelessness to quickly be re-housed and stabilized. The Milwaukee Continuum of Care (COC), which consists of 85 organizations charged with the coordination of U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Supportive Housing program funding, will partner with the City to administer these dollars. Milwaukee’s HPRP plan contains the following seven components: 1) Family Rapid Re-Housing; 2) Rapid Re-Housing for Youth Ages 18-25; 3) Rapid Re-Housing for Single Adults; 4) Prevention of Homelessness Related to Foreclosures; 5) Legal Assistance to Prevention Eviction; 6) Landlord/Tenant Mediation; and 7) Direct Assistance for Eviction Prevention and Case Management. Each of the HPRP components has a ...  more