Emergency Solutions Grant Rapid Re-Housing Homeless Prevention
The program provides short- and medium-term rental assistance for families and individuals who are homeless or who are at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The goal of the program is to help these families and individuals regain stability and to reduce the likelihood that they will experience homelessness again.
Forms and Reference Materials
- ESG Eligibility Forms
- ESG Rental Assistance Agreement
- ESG Application 2022
- Housing Stability Plan 8-18-2022 (ESG)
- Rent and Income Calculation Template 30%AMI (ESG) 2022
- Rent and Income Calculation 50% AMI (ESG) 8-18-2022
- Self Declaration of Housing Status Form (ESG) 2022
- Self Declaration of Income (ESG) 2022
- Certification of Zero Assets 2022
- Certification of Zero Income 2022
- Duplication of Benefits
Service Providers for ESG
Alianza
Serving Roswell
575.623.1995
Catholic Charities
Serving Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties
505.724.4604
Enlace Communitario
Serving Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia Counties
505.246.8972
Help NM
Serving Albuquerque
505.265.3717
HopeWorks
Serving Bernalillo County
505.242.4399 ext. 262
The Life Link
Serving Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Los Alamos and Taos Counties
505.438.0010
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope
Serving Doña Ana County
575.523.2219
San Juan County Partnership
Serving San Juan County
505.566.5866
Service Providers for ESG-CV
DreamTree Project
Serving Taos
575.758.9595
Notice:
Under the McKinney-Vento Act, as amended by the HEARTH Act, the definition of “at risk of homelessness” requires that an individual or family’s income be below 30 percent of median family income (or area median income). Further, the ESG Program interim rule limits eligibility for homelessness prevention assistance to individuals and families with incomes below 30 percent of AMI. However, under the ELI standard, an allowable income could actually be higher than 30 percent AMI. Therefore, if ESG recipients/subrecipients were to use the ELI standard, some applicants for ESG assistance might be falsely determined to be eligible for homelessness prevention assistance, when actually their incomes were over 30 percent AMI.
In short, the 30 percent AMI limits are NOT the same as the Extremely Low-Income limits, and ESG recipients and subrecipients MUST NOT use the ELI standard (Section 8 limits) when determining program participant eligibility for homelessness prevention assistance. The 30 percent income limit only applies to the Homeless Prvention component of the program. Upon initial evaluation, individuals or families who meet the definition of homelessness under Rapid Re-Housing are not required to meet the AMI limit of 30 percent.