HUD Announces That Recovery Funding Has Prevented or Ended Homelessness For Over 750,000 Persons
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program is using $1.5 billion to help more than 300,000 households
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that homelessness for 750,000 Americans was prevented or ended, thanks to HUD’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP), funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The program provided $1.5 billion to local communities to keep families in their homes or help them find other affordable housing after a sudden financial crisis, which might have otherwise led to homelessness.