PART II: HUD's Major Non-Competitive
Programs
Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG)
The ESG program is designed to help improve the quality of existing emergency
shelters for the homeless; make available additional shelters and transitional
housing, meet the costs of operating shelters and providing essential
social services to homeless individuals; and help prevent homelessness.
ESG provides funding to States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and
territories according to the formula used for the Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) program. ESG funding may be used for renovation, major
rehabilitation, or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelters
or transitional housing; provision of essential social services for the
homeless; payment of operating costs for shelters; and the development
and implementation of homeless prevention activities, such as short-term
mortgage/rent or utility payments, security deposits, first month rent,
landlord-tenant mediation, and tenant legal services. For FY 2000, approximately
$150 million is available through the ESG program.
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Connecting with
Communities: A User's Guide to HUD Programs and the 2000 SuperNOFA
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February 2000
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