HUD ANNOUNCES $2.8 BILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
WASHINGTON - To help individuals and families experiencing homelessness move into permanent housing, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $2.8 billion in Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards for thousands of local homeless service and housing programs across the United States. The awards, previewed by HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge at the National League of Cities, reflects the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued commitment to addressing the nation’s homelessness crisis using equity and evidence-based solutions, as reflected in All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The Biden-Harris Administration plan sets a goal of reducing homelessness by 25% by 2025 and ultimately ending it.
“Helping people move into stable housing from temporary shelters and encampments on the streets is essential to ending homelessness,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “Working with our local partners, these Continuum of Care program grants, deliver communities the resources they need. Together we can work toward a world where homelessness is a brief and rare occurrence, and every person has access to a safe, affordable and stable home so that they and their families can thrive.”
The CoC program is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. The program is the largest source of federal grant funding for homeless services and housing programs servicing people experiencing homelessness.
Today’s annual funding builds on a $315 million first-of-its-kind package of resources that HUD awarded in January 2023 to help communities provide housing and supportive services to people in unsheltered settings and people experiencing homelessness in rural areas. As a part of the January funding, communities were asked to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing unsheltered and rural homelessness that involves coordination with health care providers, other housing agencies such as public housing authorities, and people with lived experience of homelessness.
In August 2022, HUD issued the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the fiscal year 2022 CoC competition awards. Included in the $2.8 billion of total awards, approximately $80 million was made available for non-competitive Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) renewal and replacement grants. The 2022 awards also include over $52 million for new projects that will support housing and service needs for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Specifically, HUD sought projects that:
End homelessness for all persons experiencing homelessness;
Place emphasis on racial equity and anti-discrimination policies for LGTBQ+ individuals;
Use a Housing First approach;
Reduce unsheltered homelessness and reduce the criminalization of homelessness;
Improve system performance;
Partner with housing agencies to leverage access to mainstream housing programs;
Partner with health agencies to coordinate health and supportive services, including to prevent and respond to future infectious disease outbreaks;
Advance racial equity and addressing racial disparities in homelessness;
Engage people with lived experience of homelessness in decision-making; and
Support local engagement to increase the supply of affordable housing.
Below is a chart of awards per state. View a breakdown of the CoC and project awards on the HUD website.
2022 Continuum of Care Program Grants
State Number of Projects Award Amount
Alabama 46 $16,316,728
Alaska 38 $5,779,138
Arizona 80 $53,597,059
Arkansas 21 $3,911,243
California 773 $525,839,973
Colorado 52 $37,141,703
Connecticut 149 $70,582,793
Delaware 27 $8,901,293
District of Columbia 44 $27,933,554
Florida 313 $115,822,733
Georgia 167 $49,860,265
Guam 8 $1,371,107
Hawaii 44 $17,400,867
Idaho 28 $5,387,876
Illinois 382 $143,772,673
Indiana 93 $29,982,137
Iowa 48 $12,141,038
Kansas 41 $8,699,549
Kentucky 114 $31,298,318
Louisiana 140 $66,387,990
Maine 35 $19,013,800
Maryland 173 $61,794,130
Massachusetts 226 $110,496,896
Michigan 281 $89,810,287
Minnesota 208 $38,355,825
Mississippi 34 $6,512,419
Missouri 153 $43,689,722
Montana 30 $4,731,872
Nebraska 62 $12,945,245
Nevada 54 $19,692,215
New Hampshire 51 $9,502,752
New Jersey 226 $54,689,915
New Mexico 61 $14,533,641
New York 563 $268,337,527
North Carolina 145 $37,105,325
North Dakota 16 $2,109,161
Ohio 308 $135,250,056
Oklahoma 62 $11,186,307
Oregon 128 $49,970,799
Pennsylvania 459 $132,510,492
Puerto Rico 73 $24,283,478
Rhode Island 40 $11,463,583
South Carolina 59 $13,457,637
South Dakota 9 $1,433,360
Tennessee 127 $27,094,890
Texas 230 $133,898,634
Utah 47 $13,854,170
Vermont 25 $6,201,820
Virgin Islands 3 $168,758
Virginia 138 $35,123,652
Washington 201 $96,990,354
West Virginia 53 $9,755,284
Wisconsin 87 $32,410,685
Wyoming 7 $816,329
