HPRP Hotline

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HPRP Hotline: 1-877-350-HPRP
Phones answered between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm

HPRP Program Highlights

  • HPRP funding will provide short-term rental assistance (participants must requalify every 3-months for a maximum of 12 months of assistance) of rental & utility assistance (including arrears), as well as relocation services, to individuals & families who are at-risk of becoming homeless or are already homeless.
  • HPRP program participants will also be provided with case management & social services as needed so that once the HPRP-funded rental & utility assistance is no longer available, they will be able to maintain their housing.

Participant qualifications include:

  • Homeslessness: includes verification of sleeping in places unfit for human habitation, a resident of an emergency shelter and having received eviction/foreclosure notices, etc.
  • Household income: must be less than 50% of Area Median Income (as defined by HUD).
Household Size Gross Household Income
1 $21,900
2 $25,000
3 $28,150
4 $31,250
5 $33,750
6 $36,250
7 $38,750
8 $41,250
  • No other means: Participants must demonstrate a clear need for HPRP assistance
  • Participation: Participants must actively participate in all consultation and case management services offered and provided and actively work towards self sufficiency with their assigned case manager. 
  • HPRP Funding CANNOT be used for mortgage payments or foreclosure prevention.

Funding Uses

 

Lead Agencies:

will be responsible for the following:
  • Client screening, eligibility determination and case management, which includes housing needs, employment needs and social service needs.
  • Assisting HPRP participants in locating housing, and achieving financial self-sufficiency through employment and social services.
  • The 5 Lead Agencies will be: ACTION Housing, Urban League, Community Human Services, Veterans Leadership and North Hills Community Outreach

Apartment Search Locator & Housing Quality Inspections:

  • Three Rivers Community, Inc. has been selected to provide the above-referenced services , which includes identifying apartments, building relationships with landlords and conducting housing quality inspections.

Legal Services:

  • Neighborhood Legal Services has been selected to provide legal services as needed.

Call Center & Homeless Management Information System:

  • The Allegheny County Department of Human Services has been selected to provide the above-referenced services, which includes staffing a call center, where all interested participants will call-in and will be pre-screened for eligibility and assigned to a Lead Agency for case management. The Homeless Management Information System is a nationwide database where information will be entered on all HPRP participants.

HPRP FUNDING ALLOCATION for HUD Direct Allocation

Name of Organization

Role

Funding
Amount

Action Housing

Lead Agency

$1,456,404.96

Community Human Services

Lead Agency

$1,275,000.00

North Hills Community Outreach

Lead Agency

$1,020,000.00

Urban League of Pittsburgh

Lead Agency

$510,000.00

Veteran's Leadership Program

Lead Agency

$765,000.00

Allegheny County -
Department of Human Services

HMIS & Call Center

$563,277.00

Neighborhood Legal Services

Legal Services

$364,650.00

Three Rivers Communities, Inc.

Apartment Search
Locator & Housing
Inspections

$551,595.00

Allegheny County -
Economic Development

 Administration

$208,135.78

TOTAL

 

6,714,063

 

Related HPRP Links

Blue Arrow HPRP Agency RFP (Submission Deadline Passed)