CITY INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS

The City of Detroit Planning and Development Department (PDD) will accept applications for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) during a Citywide HPRP Application Intake from 10 a.m.
– 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7 in the Riverview Ballroom at Cobo Hall.

The Citywide HPRP Application Intake is the final day for qualified applicants who have recently become homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless, to submit an HPRP application for housing-related financial assistance. HPRP provides temporary financial housing assistance to low-income applicants who are homeless or would be homeless without this particular source of assistance.

“HPRP is not for the chronically homeless, rather for individuals and families who are temporarily dislocated and are able to remain stably housed after receiving financial assistance through this program,”
said Constance Bell, PDD Executive Manager, Neighborhood Support Services Division. “The purpose of this funding is to prevent people from losing their homes or to quickly re-house individuals who have recently become displaced from their homes.”

Bell stated that mortgage assistance is not eligible for funding through this program.

Applicants are encouraged to pick up their applications in advance of the application intake at one of six Detroit Neighborhood City Hall offices or HPRP Service Provider locations.

HPRP Service Provider staff will provide assistance to applicants with completing their applications in accordance with the instructions included with the application. Applicants who pick up their application in advance should mail it to the Planning and Development Department, 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226. Applications submitted by mail must be postmarked by October 7.

Once applications are reviewed, only applicants eligible for funding assistance will receive notification from a service provider.

To read the HPRP Overview or to obtain additional information about the HPRP application and award process, including income eligibility guidelines and Neighborhood City Hall and HPRP Service Provider locations, go to the City of Detroit Web site at www.detroitmi.gov in the Planning and Development Department section. Then, click on the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing link.

HPRP funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.