1 HHAP Round 6 Eligible Uses
In line with HSC 50243(e), below is a table summarizing the eligible uses of HHAP 6 funds by Eligible Use Categories, including descriptions and examples:
HHAP 6
Statute
Eligible Use
Category
Explanation and examples of eligible
uses under this eligible use category
Category #1:
Permanent
Housing
Solutions that
can prevent or
serve those
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness,
including, but
not limited to,
persons
experiencing
homelessness
coming from
encampment
sites; per HSC
50243(e)(1)
Rapid Rehousing/
Rental Subsidies, per
HSC 50243(e)(1)(A)-
(C), and HSC
50243(e)(2)(A)
Examples include, but are not limited to:
• Rental subsidies, including rental
subsidies in rapid rehousing
programs or longer-term rental
subsidy programs.
• CARE Act petitioning activities and
support for placement and related
services for individuals
(respondents) in the CARE Act
process.
• Landlord incentives, such as
security deposits, holding fees,
funding for needed repairs, and
landlord relationship management
costs.
• Move-in expenses.
Operating Subsidies
– Permanent
Housing, per HSC
50243(e)(1)(D)
• Operating Subsidies in new and
existing affordable or supportive
housing units serving people
experiencing or at risk of
experiencing homelessness, and
new or existing residential care
facilities.
• Operating Subsidies may include
capitalized operating reserves
(funds held in reserve to multiple
years of operating support, or
cover large, unexpected operating
expenses).
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Permanent Housing
Services and
Services
Coordination, per
HSC 50243(e)(1)(E)
and (G)
Supportive services for people in
Permanent Housing, so long as the
services are trauma-informed and practice
harm reduction, to include, but not limited
to:
• Intensive case management
services,
• Assertive community treatment
services,
• Critical time intervention services,
• Other tenancy support services,
• Evidence-based employment
services,
• Coordinating mental health,
substance use, and primary care
treatment, or
• Other evidence-based supportive
services to increase housing
retention.
• Services coordination, which may
include access to workforce,
education, and training programs,
or other services needed to
promote housing stability in
permanent supportive housing.
Capital for
Permanent Housing,
per HSC
50243(e)(1)(F)
Capital for Permanent Housing that serves
people experiencing homelessness,
including conversion of underutilized
buildings or existing interim or transitional
housing into Permanent Housing.
HHAP 6
Statute
Eligible Use
Category
Explanation and examples of eligible
uses under this eligible use category
Category #2:
Homelessness
Prevention
Activities that
can prevent or
serve those
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness,
including, but
not limited to,
persons
Prevention and
Diversion, per HSC
50243(e)(2)(A and B)
• In addition to the Rapid Rehousing
and Rental Assistance being eligible
as described above, other
homelessness prevention programs
are eligible, as long as they prioritize
households with incomes at or below
30 percent of the area median
income (AMI).
• Problem solving and diversion
support programs that prevent
people at risk of or recently
experiencing homelessness from
experiencing
homelessness
coming from
encampment
sites.
entering unsheltered or sheltered
homelessness.
.
HHAP 6
Statute
Eligible Use
Category
Explanation and examples of eligible
uses under this eligible use category
Category #3:
Interim
Housing
Solutions that
can prevent or
serve those
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness,
including, but
not limited to,
persons
experiencing
homelessness
coming from
encampment
sites.
Navigation Centers,
per HSC
50243(e)(3)(A)
Navigation Centers or other emergency
shelters that are low barrier as defined in
Sections 65660 and 65662 of the
Government Code.
Motel/Hotel
Vouchers, per HSC
50243(e)(3)(D)
Vouchers for motels and hotels used as
interim shelter for people experiencing
homelessness, until they can be connected
to Permanent Housing resources.
Operating Expenses
– Interim Housing,
per HSC
50243(e)(3)(B) and
(C)
• Operating expenses in existing
congregate shelter sites.
• Operating expenses in new or
existing non-congregate shelters
sites and transitional housing for
youth.
• Operating expenses may include
capitalized operating reserves
(funds held in reserve upfront to
cover multiple years of operations,
or large, unexpected operating
expenses).
Interim Housing
Services and
Services
Coordination, per
HSC 50243(e)(3)(E)
and (H)
Services provided to people in Interim
Housing, so long as the services are
trauma-informed and practice harm
reduction, to include, but are not limited to:
• Intensive case management
services,
• Housing navigation,
• Connecting people to substance
use or mental health treatment,
• Public benefits advocacy,
• and other supportive services to
promote stability and referral into
Permanent Housing.
• Youth-focused services in
transitional housing
4 Capital for New
Interim Housing, per
HSC 50243(e)(3)(F),
(G), and (J)
Capital funding to build new noncongregate
shelter sites and transitional housing sites
for homeless youth, including for
construction, rehabilitation, and capital
improvements to convert existing
congregate sites into noncongregate sites.
Capital funding for clinically enhanced
congregate or noncongregate shelter sites.
Improvements to
Existing Interim
Housing, per HSC
50243(e)(3)(I)
Renovation of existing Interim Housing to
improve the quality of life for people
experiencing homelessness who are
residing in the Interim Housing. Examples
include, but are not limited to:
• Maintenance of an Interim Housing
facility.
• Minor/major rehabilitation or
renovation of an Interim Housing
facility.
• Minor/major conversion, additions,
updates, and/or enhancements
that lower barriers and/or increase
privacy.
HHAP 6
Statute
Eligible Use
Category
Explanation and examples of eligible
uses under this eligible use category
Category #4:
Non-housing
Solutions that
can prevent or
serve those
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness,
including, but
not limited to,
persons
experiencing
homelessness
coming from
encampment
sites.
Services and
Services
Coordination for
People Experiencing
Unsheltered
Homelessness, per
HSC 50243(e)(4)
Non-housing services for people
experiencing unsheltered homelessness, so
long as the services are trauma-informed
and practice harm reduction, to include, but
are not limited to:
• Street outreach
• Evidence-based engagement
services
• Intensive case management
services
• Assertive community treatment
• Housing navigation
• Harm reduction services
• Coordination with street-based
health care services
• Hygiene services for people living
in encampments and unsheltered
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• Services coordination, which may
include access to workforce,
education, and training programs,
or other services needed to
promote housing stability
• Costs that support people with
lived experience of homelessness
to participate in and/or provide
input for regional and system
planning (e.g., lived experience
advisory boards, youth advisory
boards, etc.)
Administrative
Costs
Administrative Costs
(up to 7 percent of
allocation amount)
Eligible uses should be categorized here
when costs are incurred by the city, county,
or CoC to administer its HHAP program
allocation. Examples include, but are not
limited to:
• Regional coordination
• HHAP 6 regional planning and
application process
• Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS)
training, licenses, and/or operating
costs
• Reporting
• Grant administration
Administrative Costs do not include staff or
other costs directly related to implementing
activities funded by the program allocation.
HMIS (Up to 1
percent of allocation
amount)
Eligible uses should be categorized here
when the Eligible Applicant elects to
allocate up to 1 percent of their HHAP 6
allocation to cover expenses associated
with the administration of HMIS. This
funding shall be transferred directly to the
HMIS lead entity and is intended to support
the functioning, maintenance, and operation
of the local HMIS. Examples include, but
are not limited to:
• System licenses
• Training
• System operating costs
6 • Costs associated with carrying out
related activities
HMIS costs may also be supported through
Administrative Costs (Grantees may use up
to 7% of allocations toward Administrative
Costs) and under program costs (in
categories 1-4) when the activities directly
support implementing the housing and non-
housing activities funded by the program
allocation.