Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)

The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust oversees the HOME Program Emergency Solutions Grant to address homelessness through a comprehensive Continuum of Care system. This program focuses on developing housing solutions for various priority sub-populations, including chronic homeless individuals and families. By leveraging funding for rental housing development, the initiative aims to provide sustainable housing and support services to eligible participants, ensuring that homelessness is rare, brief, and one-time.

The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust was created by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners to oversee the use of the Food and Beverage Tax and to establish then implement policies based on Miami-Dade County’s Community Homeless Plan: Priority Home. The Plan is a comprehensive Continuum of Care (CoC) system to serve homeless persons in Miami-Dade County. The Plan includes strategies to make homelessness rare, brief and one-time with the provision of a wide range of housing and service interventions to accomplish goals.
Funding awarded for housing and services must be utilized by eligible program participants residing in Miami-Dade County. Funding specified as set aside for Homeless Rental Housing Development can be applied toward either: 1) the development of a homeless-only housing development; or 2) the development of units set-aside to serve homeless persons within a mixed-use development. Funding requested under this RFA should indicate how the proposal relates to the homeless Continuum Of Care (CoC) system developed by the County through the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, how it addresses existing Needs and Gaps, and how the proposed project will meet the needs of the priority sub-populations of the Continuum including chronic homeless, families with minor children, unaccompanied youth, and Veterans. The County will have the right of first priority throughout the loan period (e.g., 30 years) to refer clients to housing for homeless persons funded through the RFA, through the continuum’s established coordinated intake and assessment process. In addition, any entity approved for funding must participate in the County’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and Coordinated Entry process.