Prevention

Prevention describes the set of strategies and tasks that stop people from becoming homeless. While some prevention efforts and strategies can be universally applied to a broad set of people and households, other prevention efforts can be targeted and specific in order to prevent homelessness for households who are demonstrably closer to losing their housing, such as marginalized people and neighborhoods, households with eviction proceedings initiated, and households who are showing up at the front door of the homeless system. The resources and tools below are designed to help your community use targeted prevention efforts and implement prevention programs to maximize resources and results. 

Strategic Funding and Grants Management

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Funding Brief: ESG/ESG-CV Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) and Homelessness Prevention (HP)

Partner Resources

• NAEH—Use ESG-CV to Help Those Currently Homeless First

Operations and Best Practices

• VA—SSVF Homelessness Prevention Screening Toolkit

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Designing a Centralized Rent Administration Program

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Dos and Don’ts of Moving Applications Online

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Eligibility During Eviction Moratoria

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Emergency Housing Vouchers Funding Briefs: ESG/EG-CV Rapid Rehousing (RRH) and Homelessness Prevention (HP)

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Engaging Individuals with Lived Expertise

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: ESG Homelessness Prevention Eligibility During Eviction Moratoria

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Five Things to Consider When Investing ESG in Homelessness Prevention

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: HMIS Project Set-Up for ESG-CV Funded Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) and Homelessness Prevention (HP)

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Homelessness Prevention: Effective and Efficient Prevention Programs
  Spanish Version: Prevención de la Falta de Vivienda: Programas de Prevención Eficaces y Eficientes

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: How to Design, Scale, and Fund a Homelessness Prevention Program During COVID-19

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Prevention to Promote Equity
  Spanish Version: Prevención para promover la equidad

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Rehousing Activation: Planning and Implementation Tips

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Special Population Rehousing Strategy—People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Strategies to Design and Implement a Successful ESG-CV Program

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Strategies for Eviction Prevention

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Strengthening Partnerships With Continuums of Care and Housing Counseling Agencies

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: System Planning: A Framework for Homelessness Prevention
  Spanish Version: Planificación del Sistema: marco de prevención para las personas sin hogar

•  HUD Exchange TA Resource: Targeted Rehousing Strategy Overview

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Video—Lived Expertise

Partner Resources

• NAEH—Homelessness Prevention: Creating Programs that Work

• NLIHC—Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in Response to COVID-19

Community Examples

• Columbus, OH—Community Shelter Board’s Interim Guidance on COVID-19

• Columbus, OH—Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Case Review and Closure Checklist