The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act) amended the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, including major revisions to the Emergency Shelter Grants program, now the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program.

The ESG program is designed to identify sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons, as well as those at risk of homelessness, and provide the services necessary to help those persons quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.

Regulations and Allocations

• Emergency Solutions Grants Program Interim Regulations and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments
• FY2011 ESG Substantial Amendment Process and related information
  • Appendix B: Checklist of Requirements for the Substantial Amendment to the FY 2011 Annual Action Plan
• FY2011 Emergency Solutions Grants Allocations #1 and #2
• "Homeless" Definition Final Rule
• Consolidated Plan Regulation as Amended by ESG Interim Rule and Homeless Definition Final Rule
• CPD Consolidated Planning Page
• ESG Program Certifications
• Certification of Local Government Approval for Non-profit Organizations Receiving ESG funds from State Sub-recipients
• Providing Environmental Review Information for Project-Based Assistance

Tools and TA Resources

• ESG Fact Sheet
• Using IDIS Online for the Emergency Solutions Grants Program
• The Homeless Definition and Eligibility for SHP, SPC, and ESG
• Criteria and Recordkeeping Requirements for Definition of Homeless
• Criteria for Definition of At Risk of Homelessness
• Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Assistance: A Comparison of HPRP and ESG Requirements
• ESG State Recipient Consultation with Continuums of Care
• Checklist of Requirements for the Homelessness Portions of Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan
• Rapid Re-Housing: ESG vs. CoC
• ESG Rent Reasonableness and Fair Market Rent

Webinars

• View recordings of ESG webinars on the HUD HRE Learning Center

Listservs

• Join the ESG Listserv and view Listserv messages related to the Emergency Solutions Grants Program

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• View ESG FAQs