The Continuum must establish and consistently follow written standards on eligibility, prioritisation for each housing type including the VAWA transfer priority, and rapid rehousing rent

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In consultation with recipients of Emergency Solutions Grants funds within the geographic area, the Continuum of Care must ESTABLISH AND CONSISTENTLY FOLLOW written standards for providing Continuum of Care assistance. At a minimum those standards must include policies and procedures for evaluating individuals' and families' eligibility for assistance under part 578; policies and procedures for determining and prioritising which eligible individuals and families will receive transitional housing assistance, which must include the emergency transfer priority required under 24 CFR 578.99(j)(8); the same for rapid rehousing assistance, again including that emergency transfer priority; standards for determining what percentage or amount of rent each program participant must pay while receiving rapid rehousing assistance; and the same prioritisation policies for permanent supportive housing assistance, once more including the emergency transfer priority. 'Consistently follow' is the operative phrase: a written standard that exists but is departed from in practice is a finding on the same footing as one that was never written.

Confidence

high

Effective from

2016-12-16

Consequence model

agency finding with cure

Last reviewed

2026-08-29