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permanent housing.
NOTE: Should only be used when the household does NOT meet
any other category, but is homeless solely because they are fleeing
domestic violence.
At-risk of Homelessness
An individual or family who:
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Has an annual income below 30 percent of median family
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Coordinated Entry
income for the area, as determined by HUD; AND
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Does not have sufficient resources or support networks, e.g.,
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family, friends, faith-based or other social networks,
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Other
immediately available to prevent them from moving to an
emergency shelter or another place described in Homeless
Category 1 above; AND
Meets one of the following conditions:
o Has moved because of economic reasons two or more times
during the 60 days immediately preceding the application for
homelessness prevention assistance;
o Is living in the home of another because of economic
hardship;
o Has been notified in writing that their right to occupy their
current housing or living situation will be terminated within
21 days after the date of application for assistance;
o Lives in a hotel or motel and the cost of the hotel or motel
stay is not paid by charitable organizations or by Federal,
State, or local government programs for low-income
individuals;
o Lives in a single-room occupancy or efficiency apartment
unit in which there reside more than two persons or lives in
a larger housing unit in which there reside more than 1.5
persons per room, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau;
o Is exiting a publicly funded institution, or system of care
(such as a health-care facility, a mental health facility, foster
care or other youth facility, or correction program or
institution); OR
o Otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated
with instability and an increased risk of homelessness, as
identified in the recipient’s approved consolidated plan (for
ESG projects) or the jurisdiction’s approved consolidated
plan (for non-ESG projects); OR
o (2) A child or youth who does not qualify as ‘‘homeless’’
under the categories described above, but qualifies as
‘‘homeless’’ under section 387(3) of the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5732a(3)), section 637(11) of
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832(11)), section 41403(6) of
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e–
2(6)), section 330(h)(5)(A) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254b(h)(5)(A)), section 3(m) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(m)), or section 17(b)(15)
Definitions per HUD’s
2014 HMIS Data Standards Manual
Last Revised 9/15/2015
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