| The best way to end homelessness is to prevent it. Providing eviction prevention services such as rent subsidies, assistance with utilities, case management, or mediation with landlords are cost-effective ways of keeping individuals and families in their homes. Homelessness prevention has come to the forefront of the national agenda with the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Federal Stimulus). Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the HPRP provides $1.5 billion to prevent homelessness and minimize the length of time that people are homeless through rapid re-housing. |