Funding
Opportunity for Housing Vouchers for People with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has
announced a notice of funding availability for Mainstream (Section 811)
Vouchers. HUD will award up to $100 million in funding to public
housing agencies, with remaining funding reserved for future awards.
This opportunity provides funding to assist non-elderly people
with disabilities who are:
- Transitioning from
institutional or other segregated settings to community living;
- At serious risk of
institutionalization;
- Homeless; or
- At risk of becoming
homeless.
Applications for this funding opportunity will be reviewed for
capacity and experience; leveraging resources; and achieving results and
program evaluation. This opportunity is reserved for public housing
agencies. Extra points
will be rewarded to applying agencies that partner with health and human
services agencies and community-based disability organizations.
Vouchers must be used to assist non-elderly people with
disabilities (ages 18 up to 62) and their families. The eligible household
member does not have to be head of the household. Eligibility is determined
at the time the voucher is first issued.
This funding opportunity advances community living for people
with disabilities. It also encourages partnerships with health and human
service agencies and community-based organizations with a demonstrated
capacity to coordinate services and supports that enable people with
disabilities to live independently in the community.
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