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Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
Norristown, PA - 19404
Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
Norristown, PA - 19404
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Relocation Program On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provides $1.5 billion for a Homelessness Prevention Fund. Department of Housing & Community Development ( DHCD) - MONTGOMERY COUNTY offers program called the Rapid Housing and Re-Housing Prevention Program (HPRP), is being distributed based on the formula used for the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program. Scholars may provide assistance or rental services to program participants who reside or would like to reside outside of their jurisdiction. They may also fund subsidies that serve persons outside the jurisdiction, subsidies that are outside the jurisdiction and subsidies that serve multiple jurisdictions. A grantee may impose more stringent requirements, such as that HPRP funds must be spent within the jurisdiction or that there is a residency requirement, but the HUD does not specify these requirements.