Continuum of Care News

VA Releases NOFA for Renewal of Current GPD Special Needs Grants Applications due June 22 by 4 p.m. ET The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the availability of one-year renewal funding for the 12 currently operational fiscal year (FY) 2018 VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program Special Need Grant recipients and their collaborative VA Special Need partners (as applicable) to submit renewal applications for assistance under the Special Need Grant component of VA’s Homeless Providers GPD Program. The focus of this NOFA is to encourage applicants to continue to deliver services to the homeless Special Need Veteran population. To be eligible, an applicant must be a currently operational FY 2018 VA Homeless Providers GPD Program Special Need Grant recipient with or without a collaborative VA Special Need partner. If the applicant was not funded under

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the FY 2018 Rent Limits for HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and Housing Trust Fund (HTF). All updated limits are effective as of June 1, 2018. They are available on the HUD Exchange at the links below: 2018 HOME Rent Limits 2018 HTF Rent Limits Please direct any comments or questions to info@hudexchange.info .             Visit the HUD Exchange at https://www.hudexchange.info

In this Issue: California's Endless Housing "Crisis" ● Why Don't People Who Get Rental Assistance Get a Job? ● The Power of Community to Segregate or Liberate ● Why Tenants Should Be Given the Opportunity to Purchase Their Buildings ● Enough Money for Public Housing? Radical. ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Industry News + Tuesday, May 15, 2018 In this Issue: California’s Endless Housing “Crisis” ● Why Don’t People Who Get Rental Assistance Get a Job? ● The Power of Community to Segregate or Liberate ● Why Tenants Should Be Given the Opportunity to Purchase Their Buildings ● Enough Money for Public Housing? Radical. ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Industry News +