Overview

The HUD-Veterans Diplomacy Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program combines Housing Option Voucher (HCV) rental help for homeless Veterans with case management and clinical services provided past the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  VA provides these services for participating Veterans at VA medical centers (VAMCs) and community-based outreach clinics.

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Every year since 2008, HUD and VA have awarded HUD-VASH vouchers based on geographic need and public housing agency (PHA) administrative performance.  The allocation process for HUD-VASH vouchers is a collaborative arroyo that relies on three sets of data: HUD's betoken-in-time data submitted by Continuums of Intendance (CoCs), VAMC data on the number of contacts with homeless Veterans, and performance data from PHAs and VAMCs.  Subsequently determining which areas of the country take the highest number of homeless Veterans, the VA Central Function identifies VA facilities in the respective communities.  HUD then selects PHAs virtually to the identified VA facilities, taking into consideration the PHAs' administrative operation, and sends the PHAs invitations to apply for the vouchers. There is at least one site in each of the l states, in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.

HUD has awarded funding for approximately ten,000 HUD-VASH vouchers each year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014.  In 2011, $l million was appropriated to serve approximately 7,000 voucher families.  In improver, HUD held two competitions, one in 2010 and one in 2014, set up-aside to competitively award a full of over 2200 project-based HUD-VASH vouchers.  Since 2008, a total of 68,020 vouchers take been awarded.

More often than not, the HUD-VASH programme is administered in accordance with regular HCV programme requirements ( 24 CFR Section 982 ). However, the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Deed (Public Law 110-161) allows HUD to waive or specify culling requirements for any provision of whatever statute or regulation affecting the HCV program in social club to effectively deliver and administer HUD-VASH voucher assistance.  The culling requirements are established in the HUD-VASH Operating Requirements (including the waivers and alternative requirements from HCV programme rules), which were published in the Federal Register on May vi, 2008.  The operating requirements, notices related to HUD-VASH, and other helpful tools and resources are provided in the sections below.

Funding Opportunity
Registration of Interest for HUD-VASH Vouchers (PIH Notice 2017-17)

  • (NEW) The Deadline Engagement has been extended to December 1, 2017.  Please see PIH Notice 2017-19 for additional details.
  • Y'all may find a re-create of the Detect using the post-obit link: /sites/documents/pih2017-17.pdf
  • Only PHAs that administer the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program are eligible to submit a Registration of Interest
  • ALL PHAs must be reply to the Notice to exist considered for a HUD-VASH honor.
  • All Registrations of Involvement must be transmitted to VASH2017@hud.gov, past December 1, 2017.
  • Review the Notice carefully, and in its entirety for requirements and boosted information.

Related Notices and Guidance

  • HUD-VASH Operating Requirements: This discover establishes the policies and procedures for the administration for the assistants of tenant-based HCV rental assistance under the HUD-VASH plan.  In this second version of the HUD-VASH Operating Requirements published on March 23, 2012, HUD provides new and clarifying guidance on verification documentation, the addition of family members after the veteran is a participant in the HCV plan, PHA termination of assistance, portability moves, reallocation of HUD-VASH vouchers, and Housing Quality Standards (HQS) initial inspections.
  • HUD-VASH Operating Requirements: This observe establishes the policies and procedures for the administration for the administration of tenant-based HCV rental assistance under the HUD-VASH programme.  In this 2nd version of the HUD-VASH Operating Requirements published on March 23, 2012, HUD provides new and clarifying guidance on verification documentation, the add-on of family members after the veteran is a participant in the HCV programme, PHA termination of assistance, portability moves, reallocation of HUD-VASH vouchers, and Housing Quality Standards (HQS) initial inspections.
    • Federal Annals Notice – June 18, 2014: Technical correction that allows HUD-VASH families to live on the grounds of a VA facility in units developed to house homeless Veterans (waives 24 CFR 982.352(a)(5) and 983.53(a)(2)).
  • Detect PIH 2015-10:Project-Basing HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers.  This Notice provides guidance to PHAs that have been awarded HUD-VASH vouchers and are interested in project-basing a portion or all of those vouchers.
  • Notice PIH 2011-53: Reporting and Portability Requirements for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Program. The purpose of this notice is to revise and extend PIH Notice 2010-12. The revisions occur in department 2 (Operating Requirements) regarding Moving to Work (MTW) agencies, department 2.b. (Leasing and Ongoing Reporting) regarding portability, and section 3.d. (PHA Tracking) regarding Voucher Management Organisation (VMS) reporting.
  • Federal Register Discover – June 18, 2014: Technical correction that allows HUD-VASH families to live on the grounds of a VA facility in units adult to firm homeless Veterans (waives 24 CFR 982.352(a)(v) and 983.53(a)(2)).
  • Find PIH 2015-10:Projection-Basing HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers.  This Notice provides guidance to PHAs that have been awarded HUD-VASH vouchers and are interested in project-basing a portion or all of those vouchers.
  • Notice PIH 2011-53: Reporting and Portability Requirements for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Program. The purpose of this notice is to revise and extend PIH Notice 2010-12. The revisions occur in section 2 (Operating Requirements) regarding Moving to Work (MTW) agencies, section 2.b. (Leasing and Ongoing Reporting) regarding portability, and section 3.d. (PHA Tracking) regarding Voucher Management System (VMS) reporting.
  • Portability Zipper: This document may be attached to form HUD-52665, Family Portability Information, in cases where the HUD-VASH family unit is moving to another PHA's jurisdiction, simply the family unit's case management services will be provided by the initial PHA's partnering VAMC
  • PIH 2008-37: Reporting Requirements for the HUD-Veterans Diplomacy Supportive Housing Plan
  • HUD-VASH Questions and Answers: These Qs & As serve as a supplement to the HUD-VASH Operating Requirements published in the Federal Register on May 6 and 19, 2008.
  • Federal Register Notice – May half-dozen, 2008
  • Federal Register Detect – May 19, 2008

Webcasts

  • HUD-VASH Webinar, Edifice Community Partnerships to Effectively Serve Chronically Homeless Veterans: Below are the slides and video recording for the HUD-VASH webinar on September 20, 2012.
    • Webinar Slides
    • Webinar Video Recording
  • HUD-VASH 101 Webinar: Below are the slides and video recording for the HUD-VASH webinar on January 24, 2012.
    • HUD-VASH 101 Slides
    • Intro to HUD-VASH Video(At this time the video can just exist viewed via an culling web browser (ex. Google Chrome, Firefox)
  • HUD-VASH Satellite Broadcast 9-23-2010: Below are the materials related to the HUD-VASH satellite broadcast of September 23, 2010.
    • HUD and VA presentation (MS-PowerPoint)
  • HUD-VASH Satellite Broadcast 10-27-2009: Below are the materials discussed during the HUD-VASH satellite broadcast of Oct 27, 2009
    • HUD-VASH Operating Requirements (MS-PowerPoint)
    • HUD-VASH Reporting Requirements(MS-PowerPoint)
    • HUD-VASH: The VA Perspective (MS-PowerPoint)
    • HUD-VASH Project Based Vouchers (MS-PowerPoint)
    • HUD-VASH and HUD's Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (MS-PowerPoint)
  • HUD-VASH Satellite Broadcast 02-10-2009: Below are the materials that were discussed during the HUD-VASH satellite circulate of Feb 10, 2009.
    • HUD Presentation (MS-PowerPoint)
    • VA Presentation (MS-PowerPoint)

Tools and Resources

  • VHA Directive 1162.05(1):  The VHA's directive revises VHA policy and procedures for implementing the HUD-VASH program (amended Oct 2017)
  • Alphabetic character from Primary Deputy Assistant Secretarial assistant Castro Ramirez – This letter of the alphabet from the Assistant Secretary gives an overview of HUD and VA strategies for HUD-VASH moving forward, starting in 2013.  The letter of the alphabet provides information on performance goals, disbursement of 2013 award funding, and the adoption of Housing First as the official policy for HUD-VASH.
  • HUD-VASH Reference Guide– This two-page document provides an piece of cake-to-read overview of the unique requirements that govern the voucher side of the HUD-VASH program.
  • HUD-VASH Best Practices – Version ane.0: The purpose of this working document is to spread the word nearly effective strategies for administering HUD-VASH, as well equally highlight the innovation and dedication of HUD-VASH sites and our partners in the field.   It summarizes the about unique and innovative practices submitted past PHAs and VAMCs in response to a request for the submission of all-time practices sent out via the HUD-VASH listserv in the fall of 2011.  Other reports and conversations exchanged among federal agencies, PHAs, and community partners also have informed and will keep to inform this best practices list.  Considering HUD-VASH continues to be a work in progress, we take compiled these best practices into a working document that will exist edited when effective new approaches are identified and not-so-helpful ones are discarded.
  • HUD-VASH Leasing Schedule Templates: The starting time document beneath provides leasing schedule templates that partnering PHAs and VAMCs have the option of using for their 12-calendar month leasing schedules.  The second document provides template instructions and a glossary of terms used in the templates.
    • HUD-VASH Leasing Schedule Templates
    • Leasing Schedule Template Instructions
  • HUD-VASH listserv:  Click here to sign up for the HUD-VASH listserv in social club to receive periodic news and information related to the program
  • HUD-VASH Resource Guide:  The VA has developed this in-depth guide mainly for VA Instance Managers.  Withal, the information provided may also be helpful for PHAs and other entities that back up the HUD-VASH program.  The guide can exist establish on the VA's HUD-VASH page hither: http://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/HUD-VASH.asp.

HUD-VASH Contact Information

  • HUD-VASH sites 2008 – 2016 (MS-Excel)
  • National Homeless Veteran Phone call Middle

Helpful Links

The post-obit links to other Federal and community websites may provide additional information on assisting Veterans that are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless:

  • HUD's Veteran Data Page
    Local Homeless Assistance by State
    U.Due south. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Veterans Page
    Veterans' National Resource Directory
    National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
    HUD's Homeless Resources Exchange
    Section of Health and Human Service's Homeless Resource Center