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Morrie / Press loom / Press Releases / i -IUD No. 21-017 <br />Share. <br />HUD No. 21-017 FOR RELEASE <br />HUD Public Affairs Friday <br />(202) 708-0685 January 29, 2021 <br />MUD RENEWS FUNDING FOR THOUSANDS OF LOCAL HOMELESS <br />PROGRAMS <br />$2.5 billion to renew existing grants for more than 6,500 community-based housing and <br />service providers <br />WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development {HUD) today <br />awarded $2.5 billion to renew support to thousands of local homeless assistance programs across <br />the nation. HUD's Continuum of Care (CoQ grants will provide critically needed support to <br />6,597 local programs on the front lines of serving individuals and families experiencing <br />homelessness. See local impact of funding below. <br />Due to the pandemic, the funding announced today renews grants for existing programs. This <br />process was dramatically streamlined because communities have been and will continue to be <br />consumed with COVID-19 response and have limited capacity to participate in the traditional <br />CoC competition. <br />"HUD wants to ensure that thousands of local homeless assistance providers continue to receive <br />federal funds needed to provide stable housing for people experiencing homelessness during <br />these trying times," said Acting HUD Secretary Matt Ammon. "Renewing these grants not only <br />offers relief to our local partners but it allows Continuums of Care to continue their work to end <br />homelessness and help keep our most vulnerable neighbors off the streets." <br />"Weare excited about the opportunity to provide funding without diverting the attention of <br />communities from the vital work of preventing, preparing for, and responding to the pandemic," <br />said James Arthur Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and <br />Development. <br />HUD's Continuum of Care grant funding supports a broad array of interventions designed to <br />assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness, particularly those living in places not <br />meant for habitation, located in sheltering programs, or at imminent risk of experiencing <br />homeless. Each year, HUD serves more than a million people through emergency shelter, <br />transitional, and permanent housing programs. <br />PLEASE SEE ATTACHED SPREADSHEET WHICH CONTAINS ALL OF OUR EXISTING <br />GRANTS WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN RENEWED. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO <br />ACCOUNT FOR MINOR INCREASES IN FAIR MARKET RENTS. <br />There has not been an assignment of new numbers, as yet, but I suspect that will be forthcoming. <br />Louise q-6 6bard E e ector, FL509 <br />81 <br />